There are many yellow river ferries in Wan Li.
"Jiuqu Yellow River Wan Li Sand." "Don't you see how the water of the Yellow River flows down from the sky into the ocean and never comes back?" ...... Throughout the ages, a large number of poems about the Yellow River have recorded the rise and fall of the Yellow River for us. As a river that once carried the rise and fall of the Chinese nation, it still leaves us endless unsolved mysteries today.
How many ancient ferries in the Yellow River are as long as Wan Li? What are the legends of these ancient ferries? How did they come from? These problems are undoubtedly worth discussing.
Someone once said that if the Yellow River is a dragon, then the ancient ferry along the Yellow River is the scales of the dragon. In fact, this sentence should also say that the ancient ferry is the cornerstone of crossing the river. If there were no countless ferries on the Yellow River, the Yellow River would be at best a stagnant pool with little vitality.
The Yellow River blocks the banks, and the ferry makes the natural barrier close at hand. No one can tell how many ancient ferries the Yellow River rushing down from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has to pass. Ferry, as a fulcrum connecting the two sides of the strait and communicating with different people, has brought unspeakable influence to people.
How the first Yellow River ferry came into being is a question that people want to know but can't explain clearly. It may be the need of primitive grazing, or it may be the cause of war. In fact, since ancient times, the origin of everything is an unclear question.
It is generally believed that the first ferry crossing on the Yellow River is at the junction of Ering Lake and Zhaling Lake. I have been there once, where the river is extremely shallow, and the cattle and sheep of Tibetan compatriots can easily cross the Yellow River. Looking at the free cattle and sheep wandering freely on both sides of the Yellow River, I can't help but think of people crossing the river in the middle and lower reaches. There is really a "world of difference" between the two.
In fact, strictly speaking, the ferry at this intersection is not the first ferry of the Yellow River. Where is the first crossing of the Yellow River in Wan Li? No one can tell. Since it is not clear, there is no need to say it.
Speaking of the ancient ferry crossing on the Yellow River, we can't help talking about maduo county, Qinghai Province, which is a well-known place, because there is a tauren monument marked by the source of the Yellow River. It is also called the first county of the Yellow River by some people.
The first large ferry crossing in the upper reaches of the Yellow River is on the edge of maduo county City. It's just that the ferry in the past has now become a highway bridge. The modern reinforced concrete bridge crosses the Yellow River steadily, and vehicles from Guoluo in the south and Xining in the north pass through here. However, before building a bridge on the Yellow River, people must cross the Yellow River by ferry, or transport all kinds of goods by wooden boat or raft and visit passers-by who visit relatives and friends across the Yellow River. So some people call it "the first crossing of the Yellow River".
"Wan Li Yellow River Wan Li Sand". Different ferries leave different stories. Although many ferries have been replaced by various roads and bridges, this does not affect the spread of folk stories and legends. The name of the Yellow River ferry is also full of romance, and the lotus crossing is like the terrain where the lotus comes from; Qingshidu is named after the bluestone there; Gentlemen travel through the folklore that originated in that place; Suoqiaodu is because an iron cable bridge was built in that place.
Different ancient ferries tell different stories, which embodies the regional culture of "one side keeps water and soil and one side keeps people". Every ancient crossing along the Yellow River is closely related to war, and some are even related to ethnic minorities. It can be seen that the Yellow River Ferry is not only unique to the Han nationality, but also the ferry for all people living on both sides of the Yellow River.
In fact, on the whole, the Yellow River Gudu is still relatively calm. Although the water surface of the Yellow River is very wide, there are few turbulent rapids. Only in this way can people cross the river conveniently. For example, Xiaokoudu in Jingyuan, Gansu Province is located in Hongshan Canyon, but people choose to ferry at the bend of the Yellow River, where the river is narrow and the water depth is slow, which is a good place to cross the river.
Today, there are still a large number of ancient ferry sites on the Yellow River, such as Linjin Ferry, Jincheng Ferry, Hengcheng Ferry, fenglingdu Ferry, Sunkou Ferry, Dayu Ferry and Jinmao Ferry, which have been used for thousands of years. "Wild crossing without boat crossing itself" is an ancient scenic crossing described by the ancients. In fact, many ancient crossings on the Yellow River have been traffic arteries since ancient times, and there are few deserted scenes.
Ferry is the cornerstone of people crossing the river, and it is interdependent with the river. The river created the ferry, which brought vitality to the river.
Present situation of western China
Gudu witnessed the smoke of the bonfire.
In today's Qinghai, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, northern Shaanxi, Shanxi and other places, a large number of ancient crossing relics of the Yellow River have been preserved. There are only 16 ancient ferry sites on the Yellow River in Ningxia, while there are more than 30 ferry sites on the Yellow River in Qinghai. In the long historical years, many ethnic minorities living in Inner Mongolia and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau "set their horses south" through these ancient Yellow River ferries.
Many times, the Yellow River often implements the coexistence of customs and gold. There are wooden boats, rafts and other means of transportation in Guandu. Some ferries are also equipped with sailors or boatmen, and soldiers, sailors and boatmen manage ferries. All wages and expenses are paid by the government.
According to records, there were 16 ancient ferries in Ningxia during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, including Hengcheng, Gaoya, Li Xiang, Wharf, He Lin, Yongkang, Changle, Xindun, Ning 'anbao, Guangwu, Mouse Mouth, Zhangyi, Qingtongxia, Binggou, Yanquan Mountain and Tianjiatan South, among which Hengcheng Ferry is the most famous.
Hengcheng Ferry is located on the east bank of the Yellow River more than 30 miles east of Yinchuan City. Across Hexi is endless yellow sand and endless green fields. Some experts have verified that "the desert is lonely and straight, and the long river falls into the yen." Hengcheng Ferry is the ancient Yellow River Ferry, with Ning and Tai. It is a defense facility built in Ming Dynasty to protect this ferry from obstruction. This platform is 5.5 feet high, with three pavilions and wings on all sides. There is a wall outside the platform, with a circumference of more than 90 feet and a height of 2.4 feet. There are heavy doors on all sides of the wall. Officials in charge of the ferry and soldiers guarding the ferry all live in Ninghetai. It is recorded that "the danger of crossing the city is the obstacle of Lingzhou."
Lianhuadu, also known as the Yellow River Xiadu, is located near Bingling Temple in Lianhua Village, Yongjing County, Gansu Province. Du Fenglin was called in the Tang Dynasty and Guandu in Anxiang in the Northern Song Dynasty. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, a thousand families were stationed here all the year round. During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Zhuo requested the approval of the Qing court to use the official bank, and only used the name of the boatman for official business, and changed its name to Lianhua Village Ferry.
During thousands of years of bonfire, these ancient ferries witnessed wars again and again. Although they are silent, behind the Yellow River is the history of the rise and fall of a nation.
Ancient capital story
Jun Zijin
This is a small town on the bank of the Yellow River, and outside the town is Junzijing, the old capital of the Yellow River. The town is called Hekou Town, where the Yellow River turns south and enters the Shanxi-Shaanxi Gorge.
The name Junzijing comes from an old story. According to Zi Jian Liu Zhi, Emperor Huan of the Eastern Han Dynasty (A.D. 147 to 167) visited Yuzhong in the west (now Zhungeer Banner, Ordos City) and then turned east (now northern Hebei Province). There is a Luoyang businessman in the entourage. Because he got lost, he went to Junzi Ferry. Arrange him to spend the night today. The next morning, when Jinchang pushed the door and told him to get up and hurry, he had already died flat on the kang. There is no way, Jinchang had to bury him on the spot. Later, the man's son came here from Luoyang to look for his father. When he learned that his father had died, he decided to transport his body back to his hometown. After opening the coffin, he found that his father's gold and silver items were intact and there was no loss. So Emperor Huan named this place Junzijing.
Yinkou ferry
This is one of the earliest and most important ferries on the Silk Road. This ferry is located in the east of Jingyuan County, where the Zuli River flows into the Yellow River. According to legend, during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there was a ferry named Xian yin mouth. Because of its important traffic location, it has been thriving here for thousands of years. Ethnic minorities such as Xiongnu, Xianbei, Qiang, Tangut and Mongolia once grazed here. It has been mentioned in the History of the Three Kingdoms and History as a Mirror, but it is few. Among them, The History of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Zhi, records that at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Lu Shuihu (a branch of Xiongnu) in Liangzhou rose up and harassed Hexi, and Cao Cao ordered Zhang to lead thousands of troops to cross the river to counter the rebellion. After Zhang Lingbing arrived in Jincheng, his subordinates suggested that the serenade should not go deep. After Lu Shuihu knew the news, he ambushed 7,000 cavalry at yin mouth Ferry. After Zhang knew it, he adopted the strategy of introducing the east to the west and sent several cavalry to make it.
Jingyuan suoqiaodu
It is located on the Yellow River in Jingyuan County. Jing said: "Qin Long first created a bridge leading to the future." Later, it was washed away by the rising river, and it still crossed the river by boat. Because it is on the bank of the Yellow River 2 kilometers away from Xiaokouzi Village, it is also called Xiaokouzi Ferry. In A.D. 16 14, people built the Hexi Cable Bridge, tied the boat to the river with cables, and covered it with wooden boards for people to pass. This is the only way for the Central Plains to reach the Western Regions.
There were many bridges on the ancient Yellow River, most of which were in Qinghai. There was even a local legend: "The Yellow River crossed the river and Huangshui built bridges." It can be seen that there were many bridges in ancient Qinghai.
Whether it is a bridge or a ferry, its purpose is to connect the two sides of the strait, and it is built to solve the traffic problems on the Silk Road trunk line on the Yellow River.