[Wen Zhao's thoughts are flying] The mystery of Dayu's flood control

Hello everyone, welcome to Wen Zhao's thoughts are flying. The topic we are talking about today is Dayu’s flood control The existence of summer tide and the mystery of giants Today we are going from reality to fiction From archaeological discoveries to myths and legends step by step Let’s start with imaginative stories Southeastern Qinghai Province Let’s talk about a place called Minhe County This place is located east of Xining City Close to Gansu Located in the upper reaches of the Yellow River There is a small basin surrounded by water on three sides in the county. The Yellow River is called Guanting Basin to its south here today There is a population A small Tujia village with only about 500 people called Lajia Village Since the 1970s Villagers often find pottery in the fields Artifacts such as stone tools But the organized excavation of Lajia Village? It only started in 1999 By the Institute of Cultural Relics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Jointly conducted with the Qinghai Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology If you dig this deeper, the results will be disastrous. The excavation of Lajia Village lasted for more than ten years Currently recognized This is a period from 2,300 BC to 1,900 years late Stone Age and early Bronze Civilization The ruins of such a human village That is, about 4,000 years ago How long did it last? 300 years What is the scope of the ruins investigated? It's about 200,000 square meters It is estimated that the population at that time was around 500 people. It is similar to the population size of Lajia Village today But what's really surprising is this Ancient villages and towns seemed to be destroyed instantly Inside the ruins of a house Several surviving human remains show The moment before people die Those various postures were frozen so what This Lajia Village is also called the Pompeii of the East. I believe many friends have heard of Pompeii City it is located in italy peninsula a city beneath vesuvius In AD 79 During an eruption of Mount Vesuvius In the midst of a massive eruption It was quickly buried by volcanic ash Those citizens who had no time to escape were killed. Because death comes too quickly So the remains now excavated show that People have different postures due to volcanic ash and hot magma Freezing people until they die The state at that moment seemed shocking The Lajia Village ruins were destroyed after the earthquake. The thick mud carried by the flood buried quickly So this place is also called Pompeii of the East Excuse me then Lajia Village and Dayu’s flood control we are going to talk about today And Xia Dynasty What does it matter? that is because Although Dayu controlled the floods and the Xia Dynasty There are many records in Chinese history books It’s an ironclad fact However, due to the influence of practical archeology Today’s intellectual circles generally believe that As long as no solid evidence is found Excavated ruins and artifacts Then these records can only be regarded as myths and legends For nearly a century Indeed, many people are constantly looking for Looking for Dayu to control floods and later Evidence of the Xia Dynasty But it's been a long time It's hard to find evidence For example, Troy This was written by the ancient Greek poet Homer of the Iliad cities mentioned In modern times, people have always believed that it is a A fictional place What Trojan War Herding horses to massacre the city are all myths and legends until Archeology enthusiast Heinrich Schliemann in the late 19th century in Türkiye I really found the ruins of this ancient city of Troy. And people realized It turns out that all of this really happened this Schliemann was still in the Peloponnese, Greece Wheat was discovered Tomb of Agamemnon, king of Sini Where are Agamemnon and Xu Renye? He was during the Trojan War The commander of the coalition forces in ancient Greece It's equivalent to finalizing both ends. Both sides of the match went through archaeological excavations See the light of day again This proves that the hippopotamus epic was not fabricated out of thin air. Troy and the Trojan War really happened The same situation applies to Dayu's flood control. More than 4,000 years ago The great flood that affected Chinese civilization in a long time No evidence of existence was found So Some people doubt whether the character Dayu ever existed. Even Yu’s identity is in doubt Then the Xia Dynasty established by Dayu's son Naturally, it becomes suspicious. The history of the Xia Dynasty that lasted for more than 400 years in the history books It is also considered by some to be pure fiction. And the importance of Lajia Village in Qinghai It shows up here He brought the great flood The Yellow River and the civilization of more than 4,000 years ago These key elements strung together You see, Lajia Village is located on the north bank of the Yellow River. by a sudden flood Buried by the silt it carried More than 4,000 years ago Its civilization lasted for more than 300 years before being destroyed This is at the same time as Dayu's flood control Some important aspects of location Matched So Dayu's flood control was discovered in Lajia Village He has indirect evidence of its existence So over 4,000 years ago This great flood had a profound impact on Chinese civilization How did it happen? In 2016, Science magazine published an article The author is Dr. Wu Qinglong After 10 years of research, Dr. Wu and his team Proves that it was indeed in the Yellow River Basin more than 4,000 years ago A once-in-a-million-year flood occurred Dr. Wu’s theory is this This flood was caused by an earthquake Landslides caused by earthquakes blocked the Yellow River upper reaches of the river A dam with a height of more than 200 meters was formed The dam blocks the water of the Yellow River As a result, a huge barrier lake was formed Where is the barrier lake formed? It is believed that in Qinghai today The upper reaches of the Yellow River in Xunhua County After 6 to 9 months of water storage, total water volume It believes it reached 11 billion to 16 billion cubic meters The water in this barrier lake has overflowed the top of the dam The huge pressure caused the dam to break The ferocious river water then poured down How much traffic has it reached? He thinks it is 300,000-500,000 cubic meters per second May I ask what this concept is? Everybody knows This year's Yangtze River floods were so severe that it once became an emergency The peak flow rate reached over 53,000 cubic meters per second. And the great flood that happened more than 4,000 years ago The peak flow is due to this year’s floods 10 times ah, in ancient times when there was no protection by dams What devastating results can it cause? You can imagine In 2020, water conservancy experts once proposed Three Gorges Reservoir Area If a dam breaks during high-level water storage, The flood will hit Shanghai directly Not only like Wuhan Such cities in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River will be wiped out Even Nanjing will be submerged What does Dr. Wu think? The great flood of the Yellow River 4,000 years ago It directly impacted the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. More than 2,000 kilometers away And what about this area? Just north of the Huaihe River in the ancient Central Plains A plain area crisscrossed by rivers and lakes That is The area where Dayu controlled floods recorded in historical materials In 1960 in Yanshi, Henan Found a large-scale Ancient city ruins Known as Erlitou Culture Among the cultural relics discovered There are bronzes, jades, and weapons. Archaeologists determine the age of bronze artifacts It was the era of Xia Dynasty There are two other large palaces that have been identified The building structure is quite complex It is a late building belonging to the Xia Dynasty So it looks like this Great Flood and Xia Dynasty There is evidence from archaeological evidence to support it. so good Let’s look back at the story of Dayu’s flood control It is indeed full of mysteries For example, famous ancient geographical works A crystal column written in the Northern Wei Dynasty There is such a record He said that in the past, Yu the Great wrote a book on Longmen to open water. The two mountains face each other as if they were a bridge. Depending on water conservancy That’s why it’s called Zhique It means that in the past, Dayu split the Longmen Mountain dredge water flow What about after splitting? When viewed from a distance, the two mountains look like a building like a magpie. explain Where is this magpie? They are the two high platforms in the ancient palace building. What about this water? It flows through the middle, so it is called a magpie. Where is this Yique? It is located in Longmen, Luoyang, Henan Province today That is where the Longmen Grottoes are now. Before Dayu controlled the floods You must know that Longmen Mountain is a connected whole Instead of today’s two mountains on the east and west The Yellow River meanders north here But it was blocked by this mountain A large lake is formed just on the south side of the mountain When there is a lot of water, there will be floods from time to time. Submerged the surrounding area Seeing this, Dayu dug into Longmen Mountain Divert water flow There will be no floods in this place from now on After Longmen Mountain was carved out, it was divided into east and west halves. The east side is called Xiangshan The west side continues to be called Longmen Mountain today. Then the problem comes more than 4,000 years ago May I ask what method Dayu used? Carve out such a hard rocky mountain What about dredging water? Modern technology is very developed and construction technology is also very advanced. Make roads across mountains and build bridges over water But many times The difficulty of this project That is, how to fight under the mountain? A tunnel or a winding road to bypass the mountain You said you could split a complete mountain in half? Let the river flow through the middle From the current point of view The technical difficulty is still very high A huge, time-consuming and laborious project Everyone knows the ship lock on one side of the Three Gorges Dam It was constructed using explosives to blow up the mountain. A total of 22,000 tons of explosives were used It has a greater yield than the Hiroshima atomic bomb. Today, with large construction machinery and high explosives, It is so difficult for us to complete such a project The amount of work required to split Longmen Mountain is even greater Let’s imagine that in ancient times more than 4,000 years ago A time when there were only wooden shovels, stone knives and copper axes How did Dayu complete the excavation? How about a huge project like a mountain? So people generally tell this story Listen to it as a myth But let's let our minds go today Turn your attention to another legend of the same era Giant Then the outline of the story becomes clear. among legends There were giants in Dayu's time The most famous one is the windbreaker Legend has it that they are descendants of ancient Taihaoshi They are all giants, three feet tall windbreaker There was once an ancient country called Fangfeng Country They are the ancestors of the surname Feng The place where they live is because it is spread all over Swamps and Wetlands They are called the Wang Chi clan in historical records. They came later The ancestor of the Wang surname in Sandianshui In the history books of the Spring and Autumn Period in Mandarin This is what was recorded Wu State attacked Yue State and occupied Kuaiji City I dug out a big bone How big is a bone? Need a car to transport it Everyone doesn't know What kind of magical species are these bones? Because Confucius is famous for his erudition Just go and ask Confucius for advice Zi took a look and said Aren't these the bones of a windbreaker? So Confucius saw that everyone was confused This is a story told It is said that Xi Yu governed the gods at Kuaiji Mountain Windbreakers cure and kill them afterwards Accounting is actually the accounting we are talking about today. It was after Dayu completed the flood control Bring people involved in the project The meritorious and responsible people are all here. Let’s hold an evaluation meeting together Therefore, this place is also called Kuaiji Mountain Please pay attention The general explanation of modern people is that Dayu convened a meeting of tribal leaders What the ancient books say is the three words "governing the gods" That is to say The people who came to the meeting were a group of people with special abilities. The giant's windproof room He was also one of the people who received the notice of the meeting But he didn't arrive Seriously humiliating Yu's authority When he arrived, Yu was very angry and killed him Just such a story Confucius also said Descendants of Fangfeng It is in the area of ​​Deqing County, Zhejiang Province today. Of course, by the time of Confucius He just kept the name Fangfengshi Their descendants are no longer giants. It’s not far different from the height of ordinary people. Everybody knows Confucius never talked about mysterious things. People who don’t talk about urban legends don’t talk about strange powers and chaotic gods. But what about the windproof room? He also said he had a nose and eyes. So what does this mean? It seems that during the time when Confucius lived Giant story It does not belong to the strange and chaotic gods Still belongs to insurance science That is, a very stable old master like Confucius Can sit upright Questions to be discussed openly So if we dig into Longmen Mountain It was done by a group of giant construction teams. So no explosives and cranes It's quite feasible too Then there is another issue involved here. However, the giant clan Fangfeng clan is so powerful Able to cut through mountains May I ask how Yu can order them? Especially how to kill Fangfengshi? This incidates that Dayu must have authority from a higher level and the blessing of greater power Only he can command the world Keep this group of miraculous people under control So here it involves again Another very mysterious character It is Yinglong, the first fighting beast in ancient times. Everybody knows The image of the Chinese dragon is different from that in the West Chinese dragons have no wings But the only exception is Yinglong he is The only dragon with wings in Chinese mythology and legends He appeared twice in ancient times One time was when Huang Di fought against Chi You He stands on the side of Huangdi's camp Captured Chi You on the battlefield Another time was when Dayu was controlling floods. He showed up and became Dayu's strong backing Who is Ying Long? Is he a mythical beast? In other words, he is a person with flying dragon flag. Excellent martial arts An ancient tribe with incredible fighting prowess? Or he is A messenger sent by higher wisdom and civilization? Then this involves a more fantasy topic When Dr. He Yu and I find more information, After sufficient information Come and talk to everyone again To summarize today’s topic Dayu's control of floods and the existence of summer tides Evidence has been found from archeology and geology From historical records In particular, Confucius In the description of the giant storm room We speculate In the time of Dayu, there was a race of giants At that time they shared the same world with us It is possible that Dayu was helped by them Just completed the project that seems incredible today Well, what about today’s topic? Let’s stop talking about it. Thank you everyone for watching See you next time