How about Yanghe Village Introduction of Yanghe Village in Qinyang, Jiaozuo

Yanghe Village is located on the cliff edge of Taihang Mountain in Qinyang City, Jiaozuo City, Henan Province. This is an ancient village with a long history. Every place is full of natural vicissitudes and complexity, which makes you feel the original ecological life mode of ancient Central Plains civilization. Let's introduce it in detail below.

This unknown place is located in Yanghe Village, 2.5 kilometers west of Changping Township, Qinyang City. There are investigators at the top of Zhaoshan Mountain, the old Longling on the cliff.

Let's start with the artificial water diversion and storage project. It is a "broken wrist" project implemented by all villagers in Houyanghe with the strong support of superior leaders and the strong leadership of the village team to solve the problem of water shortage for generations. It consists of water diversion and water storage respectively.

The so-called "broken wrist" water storage project-

Big swimming pool. It was built on the original site of Longmen Temple in the winter of 1972 after the villagers demolished it with a thousand-year history. The large pool is square, with a side length of 60 meters, an area of about five acres and a depth of 5 meters. In addition, a small pool with a size of half an acre and a depth of 2 meters was dug in the middle of the pool, with a total capacity of 20,000 cubic meters. As far as the storage capacity is concerned, such a pool excavated entirely by manpower cannot be said to be the first in the country, at least it should be the first in Henan. Its momentum is really eye-catching!

UAV aerial photography of large pool

There is also a diversion project to support the big pool. It is more than 600 meters long and consists of more than 300 meters of caves, canals and more than 300 meters of open channels. Among them, the 300-meter tunnel consists of two tunnels with a length of about 200 meters and a length of 100 meters, and the two tunnels are connected by a 50-meter open channel located on a cliff. The tunnel section is 2m high and 1.8m wide. The ground is flat, its outstanding function is to divert water, and it is also a shortcut for people to get in and out of the mountains at ordinary times.

The reason why this project is "amazing" is completely done by two hands of the villagers in the village, and it only took less than a year before and after. Let's start with the excavation of tunnels and canals. At that time, all the young and middle-aged laborers in the village were concentrated in the village, and four holes were dug at the same time, with three people in each shift and three shifts, 24 hours a day.

It was completely smashed by a hammer, a steel drill and an explosive. Lighting depends on lanterns (there was no electricity in the village at that time), measurement depends on hanging wires (no instruments), no protective cover (I don't know what masks are), smoke exhaust depends on people's fans (no ventilation equipment), there is no food during recess (bring sweet potatoes and persimmons to satisfy hunger), and I earn my own work points (I have never sent any money). The hardships in the excavation are enough to make an earth-shattering novel. But from beginning to end, no one complained, no one was lent out, and no one had an accident. This is a miracle.

The amazing thing about the construction of the big pool is "excavation". With all the young men in the village digging tunnels and canals, the remaining women, the elderly and children have become the main force of digging. The excavation volume of about 20,000 cubic meters was all carried by a reed frame and a pole, which was completed in just over two months.

At that time, it was a household-by-household contract system. Every family has a task and everyone has an indicator. Therefore, many families not only let their families who work outside the home take time off to help, but also invite relatives from other villages to help.

Adults and children do their best, with their hands on their shoulders, walking like running, coming early and leaving late, even on a moonlit night. At the labor site, the red flag is slight and the passion is overflowing. You chased me. To this end, the villager Song was moved to write a 9-page narrative poem, which recorded the fiery labor scene at that time in detail. As a typical report of agricultural schools by Qinyang County Radio Station, it was broadcast in the county for two weeks.

The engineering construction in this small ravine is strong and short, which is amazing! People's will and motivation to improve water use for generations are extremely difficult, which fully shows the tenacious struggle spirit of Yanghe people under the leadership of the Party at that time, not to be outdone in front of nature, and Qi Xin rallied strength, worked hard, persevered and dared to fight for heaven and earth.

Time flies. Nearly 500 villagers all moved out more than 30 years ago. Today, this project, which has been called "grand" in the minds of Yanghe people for 47 years, is still intact and operating normally.

Unfortunately, few people outside know that there is a big pool here, but few people have seen the whole picture of the whole project, and no one knows that there is another touching story of "Red Flag Canal" hidden behind the Yanghe version. It can be said that you don't know the treasure in the mountains, and the wine is not afraid of the deep alley.

1 south exit of diversion tunnel

Let's talk about amazing cliffs. There is a natural "Taishan Shi Gandang" on Longmen River in Yanghe Village.

Its highest peak, Zhaoshan, is more than 250 meters above sea level. Since ancient times, there has been only one narrow path up the mountain, and it is very steep. In the past, few people went there except shepherds. The peak looks like a very narrow dragon ridge with an average width of 1.5 meters. The narrowest part is only one person wide, and there are cliffs on both sides. At first glance, the side facing Houyanghe Village is a cliff. Standing on the top of the mountain, Abala suddenly trembled. As you can see, your vision is extremely broad. The feeling that "once you climb to the top of the mountain, you will see other mountains look short under the sky" immediately comes to mind. Ma 'anshan is the highest peak in the South Taihang Mountains, which is located in the north. Changping and Yaotou have a panoramic view. Especially overlooking Houyanghe Village at the foot and its Dachi Line, and the Longmen River bed between the winding village and the mountain, it suddenly became so small. Because the mountain is dangerous, few people climb to the top, and no one knows its steep mountain, broad vision, strange environment and unique amazing resource landscape.

In addition to the above rare landscape resources, this mountain also has the "red hero story" of the anti-Japanese period that was remembered by the descendants of Yanghe. 1940 years ago, this mountain was once covered with cypress trees, which covered the sky. This is not only a great natural landscape, but also an indelible contribution to avoiding Japanese aggression. 1938

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1939, Tian Shifeng, then the county magistrate of Qinyang Anti-Japanese Democratic Government led by China's * * * Production Party, once led the members of "Qinyang Chinese National Pioneer" to live in the village irregularly, and fought an arduous struggle with the Japanese puppet troops stationed in Changping by resting during the day and harassing them at night. In order to protect their safety, Yang Haixin (the first secretary of the village branch after liberation), who was only 12 years old, was sent out by Houyanghe Village to stand guard for them and the villagers every day. As soon as the Japanese invaders were discovered, Yang Haixin shouted, and the anti-Japanese team and villagers immediately went up the mountain and hid in the bushes, avoiding the enemy's sneak attack many times. Unfortunately, in the famine year of 1940, in order to take care of their mouths, the villagers even cut down all the cypress trees on the mountain for firewood, and the rare natural landscape disappeared. This has become a big shortcoming that the cliff landscape can't make up for now.

On average, the peak of Zhaoshan Mountain is only 1.5 meters wide.

Houyanghe village under the cliff is so small.

I have to say that there are amazing mountains and ancient villages around the village. Longmen River, where Houyanghe Village is located, is more than 30 kilometers long. Originated in Huxianling, Zezhou, Shanxi Province, it flows into Danhe River through Yanghe and Xiwan. Villagers living along the whole river began to move out one after another in the 1970s and 1980s. All natural villages have long been empty (including Shanxi) and sparsely populated. It is the only virgin land between Yuntai Mountain and Shennong Mountain that has not been developed or even known. Longmen River twists and turns in the canyons on both sides of the river, with different shapes. Especially in the nearly two-kilometer reach of Houyang River, the river turns sharply from west to east due to the peculiar mountains, and the size gap keeps rising. Every summer and autumn, when the river surges, many unique waterfalls and rapids will form in the riverbed, and people at the foot of the mountain and around will come here and wash at first sight!

The winding Longmen River connects Houyanghe Village with Zhaoshan.

The narrow Longwangkou and its drop form a spectacular waterfall.

The crystal clear river gives the swarming people a rare pleasure and coolness.

The river and the village set each other off and the scenery is picturesque.

Here we will focus on the place where the largest waterfall forms—

Dragon King. This is also the most important place where the legendary Dragon King lived, with the most stories and the most classic stories. Next to the "Dragon King", there are other places related to the legend of the Dragon King, such as Longwangkou, Longquan, Longtouzui, Longmen Temple, Si 'nan 'an, Xiangluwa, Geliang Mountain Temple, Temple Back, Ma Tiecha 'er, Sleeping Horse Pit, Drinking Horse Pit, Dragon Furnace and Black Dragon Pool Scenic Area. The most noteworthy is the Longmen Temple, because the Jianshui Pool was demolished. At that time, its building scale was unparalleled in the neighborhood. There are many cultural relics in the temple, but at present, there is only one big iron clock (now in Qinyang Museum) which was cast in the Ming Dynasty and weighed more than 500 kilograms, but it is enough to confirm the heavy history of this temple. And here, 1939

In 2006, it was also used as a temporary site for more than six months as the first primary school run by Qinyang Anti-Japanese Democratic Government to avoid the Japanese invaders.

Houyanghe Village (formerly known as Songzhuang) is surrounded by mountains, with mountains in front, mountains behind and beaches below. The leeward is sunny and the air is fresh. Villagers have a strong learning atmosphere since ancient times. There have always been private schools in history, and there are many literate people. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, many people took the examination of juren and scholar, and there were also many county officials and other official positions. According to the inscription in the village, another person in the Qing Dynasty took a bachelor's degree (the highest institution in China). After his father died, he was awarded the title of "longevity officer of the Qing Dynasty" by the emperor (the inscription is existing).

Qinyang Museum now has 500 Jin of Longmen iron clock.

The tombstone awarded by Emperor Guangxu in the thirty-fourth year of Guangxu: "The case of prolonging the life of the Qing emperor"

The location of Houyanghe Village rises in a ladder-like manner, and the buildings are patchwork, which is not too cold in winter and too hot in summer. At present, drinking water is supplied by the well in Changping Township, and the water in the large pool is enough for other water needs. As usual, there is a cement road from the village to Changping, and a highway from the mountain to Xiwan Town, which is convenient for cars to get in and out.

Houyanghe village under the cliff in winter

The investigation team believes that Yanghe Village has unique tourism resources and exquisite scenic spots. For example, develop and make good use of the "Red Flag Canal" water conservancy project, excavate the story of "Red Flag Canal" and tell the story of "Yanghe Spirit" of the villagers; Develop a fitness trail around the mountain from Zhaoshan Cliff to Maanshan and then to the diversion tunnel and large pool.

Redevelop the outdoor adventure route from the diversion tunnel to the north along the Longmen River bed and along the canyon to the Black Longwangtan Scenic Resort Scenic Area with spring water, and make good use of the historical resources left by ancient villages, which should have certain development potential, so it will be an ideal place for mountaineering, fitness, leisure, photography and vacation!

Yanghe, a treasure house, warmly expects you to climb the cliff and enjoy the scenery! See the Red Flag Project and experience the spirit of Yanghe! Enjoy the scenery of the canyon and explore the simple folk customs! Believe: you must be very happy that you came!