As the saying goes: "Jump into the Yellow River and can't wash it clearly", it means that Yellow River and are turbid, and people can't see any figures when they enter it, and they are still covered in mud after they come out.
The reason for this is that the Yellow River flows through Loess Plateau , carrying a lot of mud and sand.
So another saying, The Yellow River is clear, and there will be a major disaster . Will there be scientific basis for the amount of mud and sand being wrapped? Is it a coincidence that the two words in history?
Yellow River
As the mother river of the Chinese people, the entire Yellow River is about 5464 kilometers long and the area of ββthe basin is about 752443 square kilometers. It flows into the sea from west to east in the Yoguzongli Basin on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, leading the development process of ancient Chinese historical civilization.
Relying on the support of the Yellow River, Chinese civilization has been full of vitality and has been passed down to this day. In the past, most of the Yellow River was mainly turbid, so there were two common sayings in ancient times.
One of them is "The Yellow River is clear, and the sage comes out"; the other is "The Yellow River is clear, and there will be a major disaster." Letβs not talk about the first common saying, but no one has yet to prove the specific basis.
For example, when Kong Saint was born, no one recorded whether the Yellow River was clear. If he is not even considered a person, it will be a great task in future generations.
As for the second common saying, the ancients summarized it based on two disasters in the Ming Dynasty years. But can this be really explained through scientific theories? How can we break the cognition of ancient superstition?
Disaster
According to relevant documents of the Ming Dynasty, Jiajing Emperor was born, the Yellow River was extremely clear. If you want to say that the saint comes out, Jiajing will not give in.
Unfortunately, based on actual performance, he has nothing to do with the saint. On the other hand, the saying can give proof.
In the 34th year of Jiajing, a very serious earthquake occurred in Huaxian , and magnitude reached magnitude 8 . Although the population density was not large at that time, the construction of houses was not like the high-rise buildings today, but it still caused great losses to the people.
The crops in the fields were not harvested, and the people were frightened and were always looking forward to the court coming to rescue. However, the obstacles to information exchange and the rescue efforts are too small, which can be recovered in the end are really not worth mentioning.
Especially psychologically, the ancients have always believed in the sayings of ghosts and gods. Such a terrifying natural disaster and earthquake were naturally regarded as a punishment from God. Fortunately, the impact of the earthquake is limited after all, so it will not cause large-scale civil unrest.
. This incident happened, and it is no wonder that the ancients linked it to the clear water of the Yellow River. After all, the absurd statement of " Chen Shengwang " can gain the support of many people, not to mention that "miracles" appear in front of you.
One passes to ten, ten passes to hundreds. The influence of common sayings is becoming more and more widespread, and eventually it became a common common understanding.
If someone still doesn't believe it in later generations, then the second major disaster in the history of the Ming Dynasty would push the credibility of common sayings to the peak.
In May 1626, a mysterious explosion occurred in Beijing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, it was located in the area near the Wanggong Factory Gunpowder Depot in the southwest of Beijing City . The explosion range of exceeded 750 meters , about 2.23 square kilometers were affected by , and more than 1.32 million people were killed or injured.
Due to unknown reasons, strange phenomena and huge disasters, this event is even called "unchanged in ancient and modern times" .
In response to this, Ming Xizong Zhu Youxiao had no choice but to issue guilty edict , indicating that this is God's dissatisfaction with himself and that he must correct it. But looking at the performance of Emperor Xizong, he really couldn't find any fault. To appease the ancients, it was a helpless move.
coincidence or scientific
Both disasters occurred after Yellow River water are clear. Is it enough to prove that "the Yellow River is clear and there will be a major disaster"? The answer is actually , which is negative by .
mentioned earlier that the Yellow River is muddy because it was covered with a large amount of mud and sand when it passed through the Loess Plateau.If you follow the water to the upper reaches of the Yellow River, you will find that the source of the Yellow River is extremely clear.
It is the existence of mud and sand that turns the water of the Yellow River into mud and sand. It was a bit reluctant for the ancients to use coincidence to explain the words and the thoughts in words.
In addition, whether the Yellow River water is turbid or not is actually inseparable from human beings. Soil erosion on the Loess Plateau is caused by the "derailment" of mud and sand.
When they fall into the Yellow River, the mud and sand rivers naturally form. On the contrary, the Yellow River remains clear and the mud and sand disappear, which is the real normal phenomenon.
Many ancient sayings require certain principles. However, before understanding many common sayings, you should also have corresponding analysis.
The common sayings compiled by the ancients through coincidences cannot be partial to people today. What's more, with the development and progress of the times, the Yellow River ecological environment governance project has gradually been put on the agenda.
People have reason to believe that perhaps in the near future, the silt and sand of the Yellow River will disappear, and the Yellow River will naturally become clear.
If it really reaches this level, as the saying goes, "The Yellow River will be clear, and there will be a major disaster", how can it stand firm.
The ancients failed to understand the facts through appearances, so today's people should pay more attention. If knowledge, thoughts and understanding stay in the cognitive scope of the ancients, that is the real disaster.
