Yellow River
The Yellow River (Huáng Hé 黄河) is the second longest river in China (after Yangtze River) and the sixth longest in the world. The river is 5464 km long and it drains at the Bohai Sea, a gulf of the Yellow Sea. The river is often called the "Mother River of China" and "the Cradle of the Chinese civilization" in China. In Chinese mythology, the river is home to the deity Hebo.[1]
Yellow River Media
The Yellow River Breaches its Course by Ma Yuan (1160–1225, Song dynasty). Flooding of the river has been the cause of millions of deaths.
The Yellow River as depicted in a Qing dynasty illustrated map (sections)
Historical courses of the Yellow River
The Yellow River and Huai surrounding Sizhou and the Ming Zuling in the Siku Quanshu edition of Pan Jixun's Overview of River Maintenance. By the time of the Qing-era edition, both had been entirely lost during the 1680 flood.
Chinese Nationalist Army soldiers during the 1938 Yellow River flood.
Guide County, Qinghai in the Tibetan Plateau, upstream from the Loess Plateau.
The Yellow River in Liujiaxia Town.Looking west (downstream), toward the town, from an observation area on the eastern outskirts (on the road to the dam)
References
- ↑ Strassberg, Richard E. (2002). A Chinese Bestiary: Strange Creatures from the Guideways Through Mountains and Seas. Berkeley: University of California Press
Other websites
- Yellow River delta Information at LSU
- Listen to the Yellow River Ballade from the Yellow River Cantata
- "A Troubled River Mirrors China’s Path to Modernity" New York Times November 19, 2006
- Illustrations of Guarding the Yellow River is an old book that shows how China protected the cities around the River from flooding.
- Illustrated Work on the Storage and Drainage Activities at the Lakes and Rivers of the Yellow River and the Grand Canal
