The influence of Dayu's flood control on Binzhou water culture
Dayu, an ancient water control hero in China, an outstanding representative of the ancient Qiang people, the founder of Chinese culture and one of the most outstanding humanistic ancestors of the Chinese nation. Dayu culture, with water control as its core, is the root culture of the Chinese nation, which has had a great influence on thousands of years of Chinese civilization history and China's water control thought. Binzhou City is located in the Yellow River Delta region of Lubei Plain, bordering the Bohai Sea in the north, and is vulnerable to floods and droughts. According to legend, there are five rivers in Binzhou, which was once the main battlefield of Dayu's water control. For thousands of years, the people of Binzhou have worked hard for survival and development, for controlling floods, eliminating floods and building water conservancy projects, and Binzhou water culture has been continuously developed and accumulated.
Keywords: Dayu; Water control; Water culture; Binzhou water culture
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1 Dayu Water Control and Dayu Water Culture
4000 years ago, the land of China was filled with catastrophic floods. "The soup was cut by the flood and swayed in Xiangling, Hu Aishan. It was vast and strange, and the people asked for it." (Shangshu &; #8226; The flood flooded the plains, surrounded the hills and hills, and all the fields and houses were swallowed up by the flood. In order to overcome the flood, Dayu relied on hard work to unite everyone; The second is to guide the situation and scientifically control water; Third, relying on the dedication of the public to forget the private interests of the people, overcoming many difficulties and going through hardships, and finally achieving the success of water control. The historical story of Dayu's water control reflects the social theme of this era. The legend of Dayu's "three times not entering the house" is regarded as a typical symbol of the Chinese national spirit.
Yu, surnamed Si, is a famous man with a secret word. He is the son of Bergen and the leader of the Xia Houshi tribe. According to legend, Yu was born on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month in 2297 BC in Yudong (also known as Erping, Shanxi, Wenchuan County) at the foot of Shi Niu Shan in Beichuan County, Sichuan Province. Because water conservancy has made great contributions to the people, later people called Yu Dayu, which means great Yu; The word "big" shows the respect and worship of later generations to Yu.
In the face of the "overwhelming" flood, Yao, the ancestor of the Chinese nation, called a meeting of tribal alliances to study water control issues. At that time, the tribal alliance meeting was mainly composed of "four mountains", that is, the leaders of four princes. "April" unanimously recommended Xia tribe leader Gun, who has a tradition of water control, to be in charge of water control. So, Yao Mingpao took over the water control. We didn't pin our hopes for survival on God, but we condensed the wisdom and strength of human beings and fought bravely against the flood.
The gun adopts the method of "water comes from soil to block", that is, an earth fence similar to a dam is built with mud and stones in the clan community to stop the flood. This kind of "earth fence" used to block water is the source of the later "city". However, due to floods, the adobe houses built were frequently washed away by floods. In the past nine years, guns have spent a lot of manpower and material resources, but they have failed to eliminate floods-"Without water for nine years, the function cannot be realized." Shun, Yao's assistant, inspected the situation of water control and found that Gun was ineffective in water control, so he exiled Gun to Yushan and later killed him.
Exhausted, Tang Yao left with the regret of unfinished water control. After Tang Yao's death, Yu Shun became the leader of the tribal alliance. After the recommendation of the tribal alliance meeting, Yu, the son of Shun Mingyun, continued to take charge of water conservancy, and at the same time sent Qi, the leader of Shang clan, Hou Ji, the leader of Zhou clan, and Boyi, the leader of Dongyi clan, to assist Yu.
Yu learned the lesson of his father's "blocking" the flood, and determined the water control strategy of "focusing on dredging and combining dredging and blocking" according to the characteristics of water flowing downwards. "I decided to blaspheme because he took water as a teacher." Taking water as a teacher is to follow the objective laws of water movement, make use of the situation, and dredge rivers to guide rivers. After the principle of water control was determined, the second thing Yu did was to conduct on-the-spot investigation and master the topography of the area where the river flowed.