Suqian: Jiangsu canal residual dream flood corridor

Beijing Hangzhou the Grande Canale Suqian section includes three parts, one is the Sui and Tang Dynasties the Grande Canale Tongji canal (old Bianhe River) into the Huaihe River, two yuan / Ming as the main channel of the Beijing Hangzhou the Grande Canale old course of the Yellow River (formerly Surabaya) downstream, three is the Qing Kang Xinian excavation of canal. Dug canal is laid at a large project of Beijing Hangzhou the Grande Canale trend today, the Qing Dynasty plays a decisive role in water transport. The management of the Yellow River flooding, ensure the smooth many countries project in Suqian province.

Zaohe lock near the Bank of the canal, a worker stands in the great new ship hull welding. Ship manufacturing workshops in this area stretches for miles, everywhere a machine tastes strong hard shares.

Suqian people widely circulated a statement, "Qianlong Jiangnan six times, including five times to our Suqian", leaving the temple of the Dragon King palace and other historical relics and a lot of stories. Suqian section of Beijing-Hangzhou the Grande Canale current basic to maintain the original line, about 120 kilometers of canals, four in lock step by step control realization of water level difference, the eastern channel north of the golden waterway and the South-North water to maintain smooth.

����A pillow of ancient the Yellow River, ancient canal dream

"Suqian", this is a somewhat curious name. An explanation is given: Suqian people overnight relocation. Said that the ancient the Yellow River breaching of the dike, the flood such as beast diffuse diarrhea and come, see the county will be by crowning calamity, everything will be engulfed by the flood. So, people rushed up the relocation, overnight the whole county moved to a hill. From then on, "a night Zhiqian" is the most widely circulated.

History has been called the "flood corridor" in Suqian City, always with the fluctuation and water. In the city of the river, the ancient canal and the old course of the Yellow River in hinterland and, low-lying, so the Yellow River Duo Si into the Huai, Suqian bears the brunt. "We Suqian is a special new city, not the full sense of the old city." Suqian Sucheng District propaganda department vice-minister Liu said Xujian. After 1952, due to the need for radical waste in the Yellow River and city construction, demolition of the wall of the city, the ancient city ruins all gone. Now the city's bustling place, to the number of the city center area, a pillow of ancient the Yellow River, ancient canal dream.

Sketch map

In Suqian, the ancient the Yellow River and the ancient canal history were very close, but now seem subdued undercurrent. The canal from the north to the south into the Suqian City, the District of Suqian City, from the northwest to the southeast, shape if the bow, winding. In the bow back, the ancient canal of Suqian city scenery, is the city of a gentle curve.

Around the two rivers in ancient the Yellow River, Suqian people feel more intimate. It is winding through the city's hinterland, wash out the land was raging, tamed then recuperate and build up strength residence. Therefore, relatively speaking, Suqian people think the Yellow River is the mother river of the ancient.

Now, the the Yellow River coast, in some places the trees flower reed ripples, is the carrier of city leisure activities. Some people in the fishing, the ancient the Yellow River in the small carp is very delicious. Standing on the shore, can not imagine the river once how volatile and dangerous. In ancient the Yellow River, the traffic is more and more small, some water also has a cutout, this time on the need to borrow water to the Luoma lake.

On one page123The next page

[] this statement Sina travel license without authorization, any unit and individual shall not reprint, editing or otherwise use.