Folk stories, myths and legends, historical figures about the Yellow River

According to myths and legends, Dayu harnessed water:

When Dayu harnessed the Yellow River, he had three treasures, one was the river map; The second is the mountain axe; The third is to avoid water sword. Legend has it that the river map was given to Dayu by Hebo, the water god of the Yellow River.

In ancient times, there was a man named Feng Yi in Tongyong Township, Huayin. He was worried about farming and wanted to become an immortal. He heard that people can become immortals by drinking the juice of daffodils for one hundred days. So I looked for daffodils everywhere.

Before Dayu harnessed the Yellow River, the Yellow River flowed to the Central Plains, where there was no fixed channel, and it overflowed everywhere, often causing disasters. There are seven strands and eight roads on the ground, and all the ditches and branches are the Yellow River water. Feng Yi ran around looking for daffodils, and often crossed, crossed and dealt with the Yellow River. Ninety-nine days passed in a blink of an eye, and then I found a daffodil and sucked the juice of the daffodil for a day, so I could become an immortal. Feng Yi was very proud and went across the Yellow River to find daffodils in a small village. The water here is not deep. Feng Yi waded across the river and reached the middle of the river. Suddenly, the river rose. He panicked, slipped, fell in the Yellow River and was drowned alive.

After Feng Yi's death, she was full of grievances and resentments. She hated the Yellow River with her teeth gnashing, and went to the Jade Emperor to tell him about it. The Jade Emperor was also annoyed when he heard that the Yellow River was undisciplined and ran wild everywhere, endangering the people. He saw that Feng Yi had been sucking the juice of daffodils for ninety-nine days, and it was time to become an immortal, so he asked Feng Yi if he would like to be the water god of the Yellow River and govern the Yellow River. Feng Yi was overjoyed. Full of promises. Now I can fulfill my wish to become an immortal, and secondly I can avenge my drowning.

Feng Yi became the water god of the Yellow River and was called Hebo. He has never been involved in water control, and he suddenly took on the responsibility of managing the Yellow River, helpless and worried. What shall we do? I have no magic weapon, so I have to go to the Jade Emperor for advice. The Jade Emperor told him that to manage the Yellow River well, we must first find out the water conditions of the Yellow River and draw a river map. Based on the river map of the Yellow River, it will be much easier to manage the Yellow River.

Hebo was bent on drawing a river map according to the jade emperor's instructions. He first went to his hometown and wanted to ask the villagers for help. The villagers all hate his idleness and hate his work, and no one answers him. He found the old man in the village and told his great ambition to govern the Yellow River. When the old man saw that he was now an immortal and wanted to do something good for the people, he promised to help him. From then on, Hebo and the later old man came and went in the rain, wading through mountains and rivers to see the water regime of the Yellow River. After two people running for several years, the old man was tired. After the old man only went back, the rest of Hebo continued to check the water situation along the Yellow River. When we broke up, the old man repeatedly told Hebo that the director should go all the way, and not give up halfway. After drawing a good picture, he began to manage the Yellow River, and there was not enough manpower. He persuaded the villagers to help.

it's a hard job to check the water regime and draw a river map. By the time Hebo finished drawing the river map, he was old and weak. Hebo looked at the river map, where the Yellow River is deep and shallow; Where it is easy to burst, where it is easy to burst; Where to dig and where to block; Where water can be cut off and where flood can be discharged, it is clearly drawn. I can only sigh that I have no strength to manage the Yellow River according to the map, which is very sad. Hebo thought that one day there would be talented people to manage the Yellow River. At that time, it would be worthwhile to give him the river map.

Hebo spent his old age under the Yellow River and never showed up again. Unexpectedly, the Yellow River has been flooded repeatedly. The people knew that the Jade Emperor had sent Hebo to control water, but they didn't see him. They all scolded Hebo for not doing his duty, regardless of people's lives.

The old man looked forward to Hebo every day in his hospital bed, but he didn't see him for years. He is not at ease about harnessing the Yellow River, and wants to find Hebo. His son's name is Yi, and he shoots every shot. No matter what the old man said, Yi wouldn't let him go to Hebo. Later, the old man didn't listen to his son's dissuasion. As a result, he met a breach in the Yellow River, was washed away and drowned, and even the body was not found. Hou Yi hated Hebo so much that he gritted his teeth and said that he would shoot Hebo sooner or later.

Later, when Dayu came out to control water, Hebo decided to give him the map of the Yellow River.

On this day, Hebo heard that Dayu came to the Yellow River with an axe and a water-dodging sword, so he came out from the bottom with a river map to look for Dayu. Hebo and Dayu have never met, and neither of them knows the other. Hebo walked for a long time, so tired that he wanted to have a rest. He saw a young man walking across the river. This young man is heroic, and he must be Dayu. Hebo shouted and asked, "Hey, who are you?"

The young man on the other side is not Dayu, but Hou Yi. He looked up, and on the other side of the river, a sage-like old man was shouting and asked, "Who are you?"

Hebo said loudly, "I'm Hebo. Are you Dayu? "

When Hou Yi heard that it was Hebo, he suddenly became angry and sneered, saying, "I am Dayu." Said the bow and arrow, don't ask, don't indiscriminate, "sou" an arrow, hit Hebo's left eye. Hebo pulled an arrow over his eyes, and he was sweating with pain. He cursed in his heart: "Damn Dayu, how unreasonable!" The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he tore up the water map. Just then, there came a loud shout: "Hebo! Don't tear the picture. " Hebo reluctantly looked with his right eye, and a man wearing a hat on the other side stopped Hou Yi. This man is Dayu. He knows that Hebo drew a picture of the Yellow River and is going to ask Hebo for advice. Hou Yi pushed Dayu away, and tried to draw an arrow and bow. Dayu grabbed him intensely and told Hebo about the hardships of drawing, and Hou Yi regretted his recklessness and shot Hebo in the left eye.

Hou Yi crossed the river with Dayu. Hou Yi admitted his mistake to Hebo. Hebo knew that Hou Yi was the son of the old man, and didn't blame him much. Dayu said to Hebo, "I'm Dayu, and I've come to ask you for advice on how to manage the Yellow River."

Hebo said, "My heart and blood and river management methods are all on this picture. Now I will give them to you."

when you look at Dayu's exhibition map, you can see that it is densely packed and circled, which clearly depicts the water regime of the Yellow River up and down, left and right. Dayu is extremely happy. He would like to thank Hebo. When he looked up, Hebo jumped into the Yellow River and disappeared.

Dayu got the hydrological map of the Yellow River, and stayed around the clock. According to the directions on the map, he finally managed to control the Yellow River.

Legend of carp jumping over Longmen:

Longmen is located about 65km south of Hukou Waterfall, at the southernmost tip of Shanxi-Shaanxi Gorge. To the south of Longmen is the open and flat Guanzhong Plain. The water of the Yellow River suddenly entered the wide riverbed from the narrow Longmenkou, and the river property changed greatly. The formation of Longmen is that Longmen Mountain in the east and Liangshan Mountain in the west each extend out of the ridge, close to each other, forming a narrow mouth only 1 meters wide, like a giant clamp, which binds the river and forms a swift current. Every flood season, because the water level in the gorge is high, the river valley suddenly widens and the water level suddenly drops after leaving the canyon, so there is an obvious water level difference in Longmen, so there is a saying that "Longmen falls into water three times". The story of "carp jumping at the dragon gate" passed down from generation to generation refers to the water falling here. The story tells that small carp are not afraid of dangers and obstacles, and they jump the gate on the road to Jackie Chan one after another. If they can jump over the past, they will become Jackie Chan. Only those indomitable little carp can finally become Jackie Chan. For thousands of years, this story has also inspired the descendants of the Chinese people to work hard and struggle endlessly. Ancient people felt incredible about the formation of Longmen Gorge, a natural wonder, and imagined it as a gorge cut by Dayu, so Longmen was also called "Yumenkou".

Hukou Waterfall

When the Yellow River flows to Hukou, where Jixian County in Shanxi Province and Yichuan in Shaanxi Province meet, you can see Hukou Waterfall, the second largest waterfall in China. The height of Hukou Waterfall is generally between 15 and 2 meters. Although it is not very high among many waterfalls in China, its water volume is the largest among waterfalls in China. The rolling Yellow River water fell from the sky into a stone trough only 3~5 meters wide, splashing, the sound of water was deafening, the rapids were surging and the fog was soaring. Climbing to the top and watching, it seems that a large teapot pours water outwards, with great momentum, forming a scene of "mixing Kunlun with a big stream, and turning the jade gate into a pot to collect it". The name of Hukou comes from this.

it's thrilling to watch hukou waterfall. A huge amount of river water, like the milky way burst, the sea hangs upside down. That momentum, that sound, is the most magnificent spectacle in Chinese territory! Miles away, you can hear the roar of Hukou Waterfall. Clouds of water, smoke, rain and fog aroused by waterfalls can be seen from a distance. If you go to the rocks near Hukou Waterfall, you will feel that the land is shaking violently, and the valley is echoed with thunderous sounds. It seems that under the great impact of the river, the valley of the earth has felt irresistible and had to let the river raging, scouring the rocks and taking away the soil.

The scenery of Hukou Waterfall changes with the seasons. In the Hukou Waterfall in spring, the snow and ice in the upper reaches began to melt, and the so-called "Peach News" came. At the time of peach blossom and willow green, the wind was sunny and the distant mountains began to be covered with a faint green. However, the ice in the upper reaches still floats down from time to time, gathers in the wide river channel in the upper reaches of Hukou, and then pours down, such as landslides and ground fissures, and Qionggong is shocked, stirring up jade chips and ice crystals and scattering them everywhere. At this time, the water and mountains are particularly charming.

However, when summer comes and the Yellow River enters the flood season, the water level of the river rises sharply, which reduces the original drop of the waterfall, thus turning the waterfall into a rapids, with a wide river surface, rough waves and unique features.

In autumn, when the air is crisp and the geese fly in the north and fly in the south, there is no cloud in Wan Li, Qin Jin Plateau. Looking at the distance, the shape and castration of Hukou Waterfall are clear at a glance, which can not help but make people feel relaxed and happy. Whenever the sun rises, the smoke under the waterfall refracts into a rainbow, which spans the sky and is an illusion. However, when there is heavy rain, or after the autumn rain, the Yellow River Hukou Waterfall comes like a yellow dragon, only to see wind and rain smoke, which permeates the sky, and the three bodies of heaven and earth are the same color. Therefore, there is a poem "Four seasons of fog and rain fascinate Hukou, and waves on both sides shake Mengmen".

In the cold weather for nine days, the yellow land in Qin Jin Plateau suddenly disappeared, and it was frozen for thousands of miles. Snow drifted in Wan Li, and the mountain danced with silver snakes, which was like wax, and it was a northern scenery. At this time, Hukou Waterfall has also become a white training horse, which is especially fascinating.

To fully appreciate the imposing manner of Hukou Waterfall, go down to the rock in the middle of Hukou, then raise your head, fall onto the hard rock, and splash countless water drops. In the blink of an eye, it turns into a misty cloud, and under the sunshine, colorful rainbows cross the sky. The river then rushed into a deep trough and rushed downstream. This scene is just like "coming to the island to row mountains, rolling into the sound of thousands of Lei Zhen" and "reflecting the rainbow on the sun, even the mountains and rivers, and seeing no clouds all over the sky".

If you get closer to the waterfall, you can find a shiny stone in the middle of the spout of Hukou Waterfall, which seems to be floating up and down with the current in the rapids of the waterfall. Its shape is like a turtle playing with water, so it is called "Turtle Stone". It is also like a pearl, and the two waterfalls rolling down on both sides are like two dragons, leaping with dragons and pearls, forming an extremely vivid picture of Shuanglong playing with pearls. There have been many touching legends about this strange stone. Some say that when Yu Wang was in charge of water control, "Hukou first, Mengmen second, Longmen second, and then cut stones in turn to divert water down", which dredged the river and conquered the flood. This strange stone is the "gem" left by water control; There are also legends that this stone is a "sacred stone" left over from The goddess patching the sky; Others said it was the "intermediary stone" when Fuxi brothers and sisters got married.