The river comes from Kunlun, and the color is white, and the canals are 700,000 rivers, and the color is yellow. This is a record of the Yellow River in the ancient book "Erya Shishui", which says that the Yellow River originated from the Kunlun Mountains. The initial water color

River comes out of Kunlun , the color is white, the canal is 700, the color is yellow.

This is a record of Yellow River in the ancient book "Erya Shishui". It says that the Yellow River originated from Kunlun Mountains . The initial water color was clear and transparent. Because it absorbed 1,700 rivers during the flow, it eventually turned into rolling yellow water mixed with mud and sand.

The largest river in China is Yangtze River , and the Yellow River has the strongest cultural heritage. This river starts from the northern foot of the Bayankala Mountains in the distant Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The total basin area is 795,000 square kilometers. It has benefited nine provinces, including Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan and Shandong.

Because it nurtured the origin of Chinese civilization, the Chinese people affectionately called the Yellow River "Mother River". Because it shoulders the important task of nurturing civilization, since , , the ancients have never stopped studying the Yellow River, but all the research is limited to the general outline, and the real source was not found until modern times.

The source of the bowl mouth is

The birthplace of the Yellow River is specifically in Yokuzonglie Basin , and theYokuzonglie in Tibetan means "shallow pot". It is located in a plateau area at an altitude of 4,500 meters, and the "pot" of Yogu Zongli is not small. It is a basin with a length of 40 kilometers and a width of 60 kilometers.

This basin accumulates more than 100 small waters, from a bird's eye view, it looks like a chessboard, and the waters finally converge into streams.

There are many different opinions on the Internet about the source of the Yellow River. Some people say three springs, and some people say seven springs.

In fact, no matter how many springs are, it is not rigorous. In a more formal way, there are two springs in the Yogu Sect, and five springs in the Kariqu . The number of these springs is not fixed. With the influence of geographical climate, the number, size, and water output of springs will also change. Most springs are only the size of a bowl mouth, while some are only the size of a thumb.

The millennium journey to find "longyan"

Where does this mysterious and important river come from, and what kind of source makes such a surging and atmospheric river? These doubts have always troubled the ancients, and they have never stopped exploring the source of the Yellow River.

The first to explore the source of the Yellow River was people before the pre-Qin period. For example, the ancient legend " Dayu controls floods ". According to the Book of Documents, Dayu determined that the source of the Yellow River lies in "Jishi". The so-called "stones" here should be Xunhua Salar Autonomous County in Qinghai Province.

The authenticity of "Dayu's flood control" is not clear, because it only appears in the form of a legend. Since Dayu, the source of the Yellow River is rarely mentioned in the Shang Dynasty , Zhou Dynasty , Qin Dynasty , and Han Dynasty . This period was a blank period for the ancients to explore the source of the Yellow River.

Until Tang Dynasty was established, the Li Tang family created an unprecedented prosperous situation in feudal society, and the geographical knowledge and scientific and technological technology have made unprecedented progress. In addition, the surrounding vassal states established friendly relations with the Tang Dynasty, which allowed the Tang people to expand to the northwest.

For the first time, the Tang Dynasty discovered that the source of the Yellow River was not driven by technology and curiosity, but in the process of a foreign war.

In March of the ninth year of Zhenguan, Tuyuhun began to restless again, Li Shimin appointed Hou Junji to go to war. When the Tang army was marching and fighting, they unexpectedly discovered the source of the Yellow River. After all, Hou Junji was a military strategist and had no interest in geography. He just told Li Shimin the source of the Yellow River as his experiences of marching and fighting, and the specific description was not recorded.

After the Tang Dynasty, civilization was extremely prosperous. However, because the Song Dynasty did not complete the unified , it had no control over the west and northwest, so there was no condition to find the source of the Yellow River. Until the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty, Yuan Shizu wanted to know how big the territory of Mongolian was, so he sent someone to statistics and map the geography of the Yuan Dynasty, and at the same time listed the source of the Yellow River as an important survey task.

set off from yuan, and after four months of long journey, I finally arrived at a place called " Xingsuhai ". "Star Sea" is located in the west of Duogansi in the Yuan Dynasty. This is a barren land, where dozens of "longyans" of the Yellow River were found.

The Yellow River exploration journey of the Yuan Dynasty is very close to the "truth" and has also been widely recognized by the world.

Hundreds of years later, Emperor Qianlong, the most romantic and charming Emperor Qianlong in Chinese history, was born. He was also quite interested in the source of the Yellow River, so he sent Amida to embark on the road to find the source along the traces of the Yuan Dynasty. Hard work pays off. Based on the predecessors, the 3 people in the Qing Dynasty determined the source range as the current Kariqu River.

Although "Karriqu River" is only half a step away from the truth, it cannot be called the source.

1 In the new China in 952, the national fortune was booming, and the department managing the Yellow River established a Yellow River source survey team. After four months of scientific research, they found that the real source of the Yellow River is Maqu, which is the current " Yoguzong Liqu ".

However, many people do not agree with this survey result. 26 years later, in order to further confirm this matter, the local area in Qinghai spontaneously began to explore the source of the Yellow River, but the conclusion was the same as the results of the Qing Dynasty's exploration, and believed that Kariqu was the source of the Yellow River.

The reason is that the water volume in Kariqu is richer than that of Juguzongliqu, and the color of the water is closer to that of the Yellow River. The problem is that the water output of Kariqu is too small, and the spring is only as big as a "bowl".

Interestingly, the debate about the source of the Yellow River reversed again 7 years later. The local exploration results in Qinghai were overturned, and Maqu was once again designated as the source of the Yellow River.

is more interesting later. It is officially launched at the national level. According to the principle of "the river source is long, the flow is large, and the direction is consistent with the mainstream", Kariqu is determined as the source of the Yellow River. From then on, the source of "Karri Song" was officially confirmed.

Why is it so difficult to find the source

Speaking of this, there will be people who have questions, why is it so difficult to find the source of the Yellow River?

The fact is not as simple as everyone thinks. Geographic surveying is inseparable from science and technology, but science and technology cannot replace manpower, and manpower must be on site in person to confirm.

And the source of the Yellow River is a place that is rarely visited, and few people dare to satisfy their curiosity.

First of all, the geological structure there is too complex and there are too many uncontrollable factors. The Yogu Zonglie Basin is a plateau basin. Its geological structure is composed of crystalline layers from the Mesoproterozoic period. It has a pothole on the surface and is very "fragile" inside.

If you do not have sufficient preparation and luck, entering this basin directly will face the risk of falling into slough or falling into stratigraphic voids.

In addition, because the ecology here is relatively complete and primitive, various ferocious beasts are everywhere here. It is difficult for humans to defeat those ferocious beasts in such a geographical environment.

Tao Te Ching says that The best is like water, and water is good for benefiting all things without fighting.

The Yellow River is a gentleman. Starting from the tiny spring, passing through the influx of trickles, it eventually becomes a turbulent and endless mother river, giving birth to five thousand years of Chinese civilization and nourishing the Chinese children on both sides of the river.