Jiaying View: A Condensed History of China's Huangzhi

　　Xinhua News Agency, Zhengzhou, September 21st, Wire

　　Xinhua News Agency reporters Wang Ding, Gui Juan, and Shuang Rui

　　The reporter continued east along the Yellow River to near Taohuayu, the boundary line of the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. On the north bank of the Yellow River in Wuzhi County, Henan Province, the reporter encountered the "first view of the Yellow River in thousands of miles"-Jiayingguan.

This is the largest river temple built in the Yellow River Basin.

　　“Wuzhi is located at the mouth of the Xuanhe River and the mouth of Baichuan. It has always been a key place for river management and a window to understand China’s Yellow River governance culture.” According to Zhai Songfeng, secretary of the Jiaying Scenic Area Administration Bureau, in the history before Yongzheng, The area where the Qin River enters the Yellow River in the territory of Zhi, there is no levee for more than 9 kilometers along the Yellow River, and the flow of water is uncertain, making it the most easily broken "tofu waist" section.

　　"River rises and rivers fall to maintain the crown, and whether the people's heart is right or not is about the great Qing Jiangshan", the original Kangxi words are engraved on the pillars of the royal stele pavilion in Jiaying Temple.

Since the day Yu ruled the waters, Chinese dynasties and dynasties have never stopped fighting against the floods of the Yellow River; "The Yellow River is peaceful and the world is peaceful"-the connection between the Yellow River and the national destiny has been exhausted.

　　The Yellow River gave birth to the splendid Chinese civilization and is the mother river of the Chinese nation.

However, historically, the Yellow River was a confidant of the Chinese nation. It caused "two breaches in three years and one diversion in a hundred years" in the vast middle and lower reaches of the plains, bringing serious disasters to the people along the coast.

According to statistics, in the 2000 years before 1946, the Yellow River burst and flooded 1593 times, and there were 26 major diversions. Almost every place name with the word "kou" along the coast was a witness to flood disasters.

　　The Jiaying Temple was built in 1723. It was built by Yongzheng to commemorate the Longwang Temple of the Huai and Huang Rivers by repairing dams, offering sacrifices to river gods, and exalting heroes in Wuzhi. The architectural layout imitated the Forbidden City. Department as one.

There is a bronze stele written and written by Yong Zheng himself, standing on Yihe Jiao, intended to suppress evil.

　　In the previous two years, the Yellow River had breached four times in Wuzhi, and the flood flowed through the Wei River into the Hai River and approached Beijing and Tianjin.

The mud and sand carried by the flood also blocked the Grand Canal, which caused difficulties in transporting grain, and the government and the opposition shook temporarily.

Yinzhen (later Yongzheng), who had patrolled the river with Kangxi, was entrusted with the important task of commanding the breaking of the embankment and blocking the mouth.

　　"During the period, Yinzhen promised that if he succeeded in blocking his mouth, he would build a Zonglongwang Temple with large and small rivers in Wuzhi. In the first year of his succession, he fulfilled his promise. The name'Jiaying' means'Jiarui Changying' , Expressing hope for Haiyan Heqing." Zhai Songfeng said.

　　Zhai Songfeng led the reporter through the Yuwang Pavilion, which worshipped Dayu, to the Dragon King Hall on both sides of the east and west sides.

This is the essence of Jiaying Temple.

It is particularly worth mentioning that the dragon king enshrined in the temple is not a god, but a river-controlling hero from the past, who promoted people to gods to worship.

　　Jia Rang of the Western Han Dynasty, shortly after the second major diversion of the Yellow River, wrote a letter to the edict of "Ask for dredging the river and dredging the river" and proposed the famous "Three Measures for River Management", which was fully recorded by historians in more than a thousand words. Entering "Han Shu" has a profound impact on later generations.

　　Wang Jing, a small official in the Eastern Han Dynasty, led the construction of the Yellow River embankment for more than a thousand miles, and achieved flood diversion through the method of "ten miles with a water gate", which has made the Yellow River a thousand-year legend.

　　The river official of the Yuan Dynasty, Jialu, started to manage the river during the flood period, which was unprecedented in history. It only took 90 days to eliminate the threat of the Yellow River to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. It also made the Yellow River flow south through the Bian Canal and Huai River. The old road is restored, and the boat passes through.

Today, there is still the "Jialu River" in Henan to commemorate his achievements.

　　Like Wang Jing and Jia Lu, the anti-smoking hero Lin Zexu is also enshrined in the Dragon King Palace.

He was in charge of the Yellow River affairs in Henan and Shandong provinces, and the government office was in Jiayingguan.

After the failure of the Opium War, Lin Zexu was dispatched to Xinjiang when he encountered the Yellow River breach. Although he was suffering from all kinds of illnesses, he still held the belief that "a hundred million people are worthy of life" and changed his route to Kaifeng to block the mouth.

　　A history of river governance is a history of country governance.

Xiaojiaying's view allows people to travel through time and space and to survey the history of the Chinese nation's perseverance and persistence.

　　Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the party and government have attached great importance to the governance of the Yellow River. The Yellow River has not only achieved annual stability, but also has continued to flow for 21 consecutive years, presenting a brand-new state of life, providing a successful example for the governance and protection of the world’s rivers and the harmonious coexistence of man and nature. .