Folk stories and myths about the Yellow River.

According to legend, a long time ago, there was a river god named Hebo in the Yellow River. He stood on the bank of the Yellow River. Looking at the Yellow River flowing from west to east, he said excitedly; "The Yellow River is so big that no river in the world can compare with it. I am the biggest water god! " Someone told him, "What you said is wrong. There is a place called Beihai in the east of the Yellow River. That's really big. "

Herb said, "I don't believe it. No matter how big the North Sea is, can it be bigger than the Yellow River? " The man said, "Don't mention one Yellow River, even if several Yellow Rivers flow into the North Sea, they are not satisfied." Hebo never believed it. The man was helpless and said to him, "You will understand what I am talking about when you have a chance to see the North Sea." When Herb came to the mouth of the Yellow River, his eyes sparkled and Poseidon welcomed him with a smile.

Looking around, Hebo saw the Wang Yang in the North Sea as far as the eye can see. After watching it for a while, he said to Beihai Ruo with deep feelings: If you only know some truths, you think no one can compare with yourself. This is me. If I hadn't seen the North Sea with my own eyes today, I would have thought the Yellow River was chinese odyssey! In that case, wouldn't it be laughed at by knowledgeable people forever?

2. Feng Yi tells the story of Hebo.

In ancient times, there was a man named Feng Yi in Huayin General Township. He is uneasy about farming and wants to become an immortal. He heard that people can become immortals after drinking the juice of daffodils for one hundred days. So I looked everywhere for daffodils. Feng Yi ran around looking for daffodils, often crossing, crossing and dealing with the Yellow River.

Ninety-nine days passed in the 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 so proud that he crossed the Yellow River and went to a small village to look for daffodils. The water here is not deep. Feng Yi waded across the river and reached the middle of it. Suddenly, the river rose. He panicked, slipped, fell into the Yellow River and was drowned alive. After Feng Yi died, she was full of grievances.

I hated the Yellow River so much that I gnashed my teeth, so I went to the Jade Emperor to sue the Yellow River. The Jade Emperor was also annoyed when he heard that the Yellow River was undisciplined and wandering around, endangering the people. Seeing that Feng Yi had been sucking the juice of daffodils for ninety-nine days, it was time to become an immortal. He asked Feng Yi if he would be the water god of the Yellow River and govern it. Feng Yi was overjoyed. Realize your wish to become an immortal. Become a Hebo.

3. Dayu controls water

Before Yu, Gun was sent by Shun to control water. He used the method of "blocking" to control water for three years without success. In order to change the blasting method, the method of "dredging" was adopted to dredge the river channel and lead the flood into the sea. He worked with the people, wearing a hat and holding a shovel, taking the lead in digging holes and collecting soil, so tired that he polished the hair on his calf.

Nine years later, he didn't enter the house and finally succeeded. After thirteen years of hard work, Yu finally led the flood to the sea, and the ground can be used to grow human crops again. Later generations also honored Yu as "Dayu".

4. Folklore

Legend has it that there was a young man named Yellow River. He was brave and fell in love with a rich woman. But the woman's father looked down on him and asked him to shoot an arrow within a hundred steps and enter a copper hole. He did it. The woman's father asked him to shoot an arrow from a hundred paces away, and he did the same. He was also asked to shoot a copper coin from 100 and catch it.

Knowing that her husband was giving him a hard time, he shot an arrow at her father. How did he know that he had studied martial arts before and avoided it? He was very angry. He never misses an arrow. He missed it this time. He went to the mountain to practice and accidentally shot down a bird. The bird told him that the girl committed suicide. The young man was very sad and kept crying, forming a rolling Yellow River.

5. Luban built a general column.

The Yellow River flows fast in Sangyuan Gorge, but there is a big stone standing in the rapids of the Yellow River in the middle of Sangyuan Gorge. People call it the general column. It is said that this general column was built by Lu Ban. When Lu Ban traveled around the world, he came to the edge of Sangyuan Gorge to facilitate exchanges between people on both sides of the strait. Lu Ban chose the location of the pier in this place of the general column.

From then on, Lu Ban went out early and returned late, taking charge of the construction. Half a year has passed and the pier is getting higher and higher. One day, Luban's wife brought food to the shore. After waiting for a while, she didn't see Luban, so she went to the shore to have a look. Who knows, she saw a giant standing in the river, with a boulder in one hand and a hammer in the other, and his wife exclaimed.

Ruban panicked and a hammer hit his leg. The stone in hand also flew to the other side of the mountain, and the bridge was not built. Up to now, there is a very smooth stone on the general column, which seems to be printed on the back of the whole person, with the spine in the middle, which divides the stone in two, as if it was left after a long rest. Legend has it that this was left by Lu Ban when he built the bridge.

Extended data:

The Yellow River is called the Mother River.

As early as ancient times, the primitive ancestors of China lived and thrived in the Yellow River Basin. In thousands of miles of the Yellow River valley, ancestors settled here because of its mild climate and superior hydrological conditions, which is conducive to the growth of crops. Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties in the initial stage of Chinese civilization and several powerful unified dynasties such as the Western Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty.

Many ancient classic cultural works reflecting the wisdom of the Chinese nation also originated in this area. Science and technology, invention, urban construction, literature and art, which marked ancient civilization, also came into being here. Therefore, the Yellow River gave birth to Chinese civilization and nurtured Chinese children. People often say that the Yellow River is the cradle and mother river of the Chinese nation, and this is its significance.

The ancient Yellow River has a wide area, abundant water and clear water. The Yellow River is called "River" in Shuo Wen Jie Zi, Shan Hai Jing, the oldest geography book, Shang He, Yu Zhuan, China River, Shangshu and Historical Records.

In the Western Han Dynasty, due to the increasing sediment content in the river, some people called her "turbid river" or "Yellow River", but it was not universally recognized. It was not until the Tang and Song Dynasties that the name of the Yellow River was widely used. In the history of more than 1000 years since the Tang and Song Dynasties, due to natural and man-made destruction, the ecological environment is deteriorating, the sediment content of the Yellow River is increasing day by day, and the pollution is intensifying.

Our great mother "got neck disease, which brought great disaster to the loess plateau and northwest China." We bear the brunt of Kaifeng. Although generations have paid a huge price for "treating" their mothers, risking their lives and going wave after wave, they finally forced us to accept an unwilling reality, that is, "hanging rivers" and "overlapping cities".

Disasters can sometimes turn into wealth. Today, with the development of the Yellow River tourist area, "Hanging River" has become a wonder of the world, and "City Overlapping City" will also become an ancient tourist attraction. We Kaifeng people can proudly announce to the world: "Please come to Kaifeng and feel the unique charm of' one river on the head and six cities at the foot'!"

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia _ Yellow River Mother