Carving stone carp into water mark, using it to record the change of low water and predict the prosperity of agriculture is a great initiative of working people in Fuling. Admirable, the stone carp water mark carved by the ancients is exactly the same as the principle of measuring water level fluctuation data by modern hydrological stations. It is less than a hundred years since the establishment of the fixed water level marking system to observe the river water level change, and the water level record of the Yangtze River engraved by Baiheliang has been continuously recorded for more than 1200 years. It is concluded that the upper reaches of the Yangtze River have low water every three to five years. In 10 year or 10 year, there will be a relatively dry water level and an extreme dry water level once in 600 years. Becoming the oldest hydrological station in the Yangtze River is worthy of being a treasure house of hydrological data in the Yangtze River and a miracle in the history of world hydrology.
As a cultural relic, there are many ancient inscriptions on Baiheliang, and there are more than 300 people whose names can be tested. 174 paragraph inscription, 1000 years has left important historical sites in Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing and modern times. Because it is underwater, although it has been written clearly for hundreds of years or even nearly a thousand years, it has the value of permanent preservation.
Bai Heliang's inscription is concise and clear. In particular, hundreds of inscriptions around Shiyu have repeatedly demonstrated the historical fact that Shiyu is now fruitful. Besides, fish can't be thrifty when they are out, and it's hard to be young. Fish don't know how to be frugal, but it may not be fierce in years. People's security is the people-oriented thought of being rich but not believing in heaven and being expensive. Destroy more enemies, make peace, and stone fish come out! The national oath that hit the floor was issued by the stone fish.
Baiheliang has an inscription of 30,000 words, including seal script, official script, running script, cursive script and capital script, and all factions of Henan, Chu, Yan, Liu and Europe coexist. The inscriptions are exquisitely carved and beautifully written, and some of them are reaching the position of three wonders of books, arts and literature.
Bai Heliang's inscription is rich in national style, mysterious, rich in connotation, appealing to both refined and popular tastes, unique in terrain and even more precious. Experts say: A cultural relic like this, which integrates history, science and art, is the most national treasure.
However, due to the low terrain of Baiheliang, the top of the ridge is only 2 meters higher than the zero point of the local lowest water level gauge, so the inscription is hidden in the river all the year round. In addition, due to the flood fluctuation, low water level and strong scouring force in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, the weathering, erosion and peeling of rocks are serious, some inscriptions have been displaced by floods, some sandstone bodies attached to the inscriptions are suspended, and some inscriptions have been damaged.