I visited the house three times. I was only married for four days. Before I could take care of my wife, I ran around to control the water. I passed by his house three times and didn't go in. The first time, my wife was ill and didn't go home to visit. The second time, my wife was pregnant and didn't come home to visit. The third time, his wife Tu Shanshi gave birth to his son Qi, and the baby cried. I passed by the door and heard crying, but I didn't go in to visit. At that time, there was a mountain in the middle reaches of the Yellow River called Longmen Mountain (at the junction of Shaanxi and Shanxi today). It blocked the river and made it very narrow. The river running eastward is blocked by Longmen Mountain, which often overflows the river and causes floods. When Yu got there, he observed the terrain, led people to dig the Longmen, and made a big hole in the mountain. In this way, the river is unimpeded. The mythical stories of Huaiyi and Dayu have been handed down from generation to generation in many parts of the country. Yu's footprints are not only all over the country, but also many famous mountains and rivers are said to have been managed by Yu. Among them, the legend about Dayu and his father Gun's flood control in Huanghuai Pan-area in southern Shandong and northern Jiangsu also left a colorful page in the cultural history of China. "The heavens and the earth are mysterious and the universe is vast." The wild age is the primitive age. At that time, there was no written record of the living conditions of our ancestors, and later generations often relied on imagination, legends and myths to understand them. In modern times, due to the development of early historiography, archaeology, anthropology and geology, a general understanding of the flood era was inferred. According to legend, about 4,600 years ago, during the Yao and Shun period of the Xia Dynasty, it was in the late ice age, and the climate became warmer and the ice and snow melted. The mountains and rivers turned into Zeguo, and everything in the world was like Chen Bo. Humans can either climb mountains and mountains, or take wood as a boat and carry heavy loads to survive. In ancient times, the Yellow River diverted from Subei Plain to the sea, and the Huai and Si basins were flooded. "When the soup is flooded, chop it, and Hu Aishan Xiangling shakes it." (Shang Shu Yao Dian). Coupled with rising sea level, cross-flow of seawater, backward flow of seawater and siltation of Huaihe River, Taishan Mountain in the west and Yimeng River in the north have become a great Zeguo. When the flood swept across the globe, people were displaced and homeless, and people from various tribes were forced to flee to the highlands, forming many isolated islands. Gun is the leader of Yao and Shun in water control. He was demoted to Dongyi, responsible for transforming and assimilating Dongyi, so that it could quickly catch up with the progressive Yellow Emperor. Gun is the legendary father of Yu and the son of Zhuan Xu. His surname is Si, and he was founded in Chong (now the north of Song County, Henan Province), which was called Chong Bo in history. Gun is a courtier of Yao Emperor. At that time, there was a flood He was recommended to Yao in April and sent to control the flood. Because he used the method of banning, he failed for nine years. He drowned many people's lives with the method of Yan plug, and cast the bronze ritual vessels in the temple into water control tools without authorization, which was a heinous crime and was killed by Shun Di in the wild of Yushan. "Justice" is quoted from "Expanding Geography" and shows that Yushan is located in Linyi County, Yizhou. Gong Yu's Notes: "Yushan is seventy miles in Tancheng County". The evaluation of gun has been inconsistent. According to the Book of History, a gun is an evil character. However, in ancient mythology, guns were often highly praised. Shan Hai Jing said that he stole the land of the Emperor of Heaven to stop the flood, and he became a hero who saved the people from fire and water regardless of his personal safety. It is generally believed that Gang went through hardships in Ganxin for the benefit of the people until he gave his life. Although he failed to achieve the success of water control, his spirit of courage and dedication is particularly commendable. His mistakes in water control methods, to a certain extent, were due to the fact that mankind was still in the exploratory stage and lacked experience in water control, so twists and turns were inevitable. His failure and tragedy pointed out the direction for his successors. "Zuo Zhuan" says: "The gun turned into a yellow bear, entered the Yuyuan Garden, and there was a feather mountain in the east. There are many fine willows in the pool, and the wild animals dare not practice. " According to Shan Hai Jing Hai Nei Jing, after Gun died, his son Yu was born from his belly. Dayu was ordered to inherit his father's undisputed career. Drawing lessons from his father's failure, he personally commanded the front line by dredging and controlling water for ten years. Historical Records describes Yu's great achievements with extremely pious feelings: he gave up his family for his country, forgot his job, left home for his post only four days after his marriage, and didn't go home three times, so his son born in Lian Gang didn't care. In order to fully understand the water situation and topography, he traveled all over Kyushu, surveyed and measured the mountain-shaped water potential, dredged nine rivers, repaired nine large lakes and cut through nine mountains. Finally, he overcame the flood and lived a flat life. Yu not only managed floods, but also inspected local products in Kyushu, stipulated local taxes, opened convenient channels for local taxes, and delineated the boundaries of five services on this basis, which achieved a good situation of national unity and stability. Because of this, Dayu won the hearts of the people, giving him a political advantage and becoming Yao's heir. After Dayu's flood control, in the land of "Huai Yi Qi Zhi, Yu Meng Qi Ji" (Historical Records Xia Benji), where Huaihe River and Yishui flow, between Mengshan and Yushan Mountain, this place has been silted for decades. After Dayu's control, the silted flood "valley" was introduced into the sea, and some sections of the ancient Huanghuai floodplain were cleaned up, and many fertile fields and mulberry fields were opened. Low-lying areas have left "four blasphemies" such as Weishan, Dongping, Juye and Rome, which have become lakes conducive to the survival of ancestors. Later, it was divided into administrative regions, namely, Kyushu Island such as Qing, Yan, Xu, Yang, Liang, Yu, Ji, Jing and Yong. Yu played an important role in water control. Zhan Yu was the leader of General Shun's tribal alliance, and his descendant Yu has been thriving in southern Shandong and northern Jiangsu, engaged in farming, sericulture, smelting, pottery making, fishing and hunting and other production activities. In order to commemorate Yu Xia's achievements in water control, later generations established Yuwangcheng on the banks of the Yi River. Yu was the first emperor of Xia Dynasty. Yusheng Qi gave birth to Zhong Kang, Zhong Kang Sheng was the Emperor, and Xiang Di gave birth to Shao Kang. Edit this paragraph of Ningyang Dayu water control legend Ningyang County is located in the middle of Shandong Province, with Taidai in the north and Qufu in the south. The Dawenhe River, sung by Confucius, runs through the county, and there are dozens of tributaries of the Wenhe River, which are interwoven with latitude and longitude. For thousands of years, the legend of Wang Yu Temple and Dayu in Ningyang County, Shandong Province, has been circulating in Ningyang and its surrounding areas for a long time and is a household name. Many stories, poems and songs about Dayu's flood control have been handed down to this day. Legends of Yuwangtai, Chopsticks, Establishment of Yuwang Temple, Yubei Zhu Hong, Weizhen Water Demon Temple, Dayu Family, Dayu Couple Tree, and "Enlightening Wisdom and Letting Go" Now, many ancient cultural relics contemporary with Dayu's water control activities have been discovered in Ningyang and surrounding areas, further confirming the scope of Dayu's water control activities. Especially in 2002, Beijing Poly Art Museum bought the bronze ritual vessel "Gong Zhong of Sui Palace" in Hong Kong, which proved that the ancient legend of Dayu's water control had been widely circulated in Ningyang and Dawenhe as early as the Western Zhou Dynasty before 900. The legend of Dayu's water control is rich in content, easy to catchy and far-reaching. He is the crystallization of the collective wisdom of the working people in this area. He praised justice and beauty, industriousness and kindness, and advocated justice and decency, which made people harmonious, United and caring for each other. He had strong ideological and literary features and obvious educational functions, and formed a sincere and harmonious folk custom in Ningyang and surrounding areas. The legend of Dayu's water control has been circulated in Ningyang and its surrounding areas for more than 3000 years. There are many records about Dayu and his flood control in Ningyang, which first appeared in the inscription of Sui Dynasty in the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty, then in the Book of Songs, Daya Historical Records and Ningyang County Records (A.D. 1743). In addition to the official history, Wang Yu Temple, Wang Yu Tomb, village names, place names and eight scenic spots in Ningyang are also reflected. Among them, there are ancient villages in the Western Han Dynasty (now Baimamiao Village); Tieniu Zhenhai, listed as one of the eight scenic spots in Ningyang in Ming Dynasty in the Annals of Ningyang County compiled in the thirty-fourth year of Wanli reign, is a legendary mountain scene that Dayu left an eye for Zhenhai during the flood control. In order to commemorate Dayu's achievements in water control, Wang Yu Temple, a provincial cultural relic protection unit with an ominous age of 25 mu, was built on the south bank of Dawen River. There are eleven thousand-year-old cypress trees in the temple, one of which is said to be the incarnation of Dayu. In 2002, Beijing Poly Art Museum bought the bronze ritual vessel "Sui Gong Cup" in Hong Kong in the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty. The first half of the inscription mainly tells the story of Dayu's water control. According to textual research, the Sui Gong Cup was a bronze ritual vessel cast by a monarch in the Western Zhou Dynasty. Suizhou is located in the northwest of Ningyang County, Shandong Province. The capital is located in the present Baimamiao Village, and there is a mountain to the west of the capital, which is still called Suishan. This proves that as early as the Western Zhou Dynasty more than 3,000 years ago, the ancient legend of Dayu's water control had been widely circulated in Ningyang and Dawen River. With Wang Yu Temple as the core, archaeologists have discovered more than 10 ancient sites within 20 kilometers around, including Yunshan Temple site, Daguanzhuang site, Huangjiaan site and Shenxigao site. The most important site is Dawenkou site, 20 kilometers away from Wang Yu Temple. Many sites are in the same period as Dayu in history. In its cultural layer, there are a lot of traces of siltation and flood erosion. There were indeed floods in Dayu's historical period. "Shan Hai Jing Huang Da Nan Jing" Note: "In the desert, there is a mountain with a clever name and poor water. Sexual rain has mountains, and it is attacking rain. " Ningyang is eight kilometers northwest, with Yunshan, nearly 100 feet high. It is rumored by people at the foot of the mountain that this mountain is made up of stones piled up in the Shu (Fu) Mountain and the lake. In the first year of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty (185 1), the book Biography of Ningyang County records: "There are holes in the mountains, clouds and rain, which is said to be caused by danger attacking clouds and rain. The misty rain of the Eight Scenes Yunshan is here. " It is also said that there is a sea eye in the northwest of Yunshan, and the "Donghai genuine cow" on the "Six Waves Mountain in the East China Sea" was transferred here, so that this genuine cow, like an ox, has no horns, and thunder has heard about it for 50,000 miles, stopped the sea eye and wiped out the flood. Ning Yangming's first county annals in the 14th year of Wanli listed its "Tieniu Zhenhai Scenic Area" as one of the eight scenic spots in Ningyang. In the gate of Wang Yu Temple, two huge cypress trees stand side by side, with straight trunks and full of energy. The branches of the crown grow in a circular shape, and the branches extending obliquely to the southeast are like high peaks, while the branches in the northwest are like open peaks. People call this crown the "Phoenix Frame". The one in the west is slightly lower than the one in the northeast. The crown is lush and looks like a lady. Interestingly, this cypress tree is eastward and tends to cuddle with her husband. It is said that in those days, Dayu managed Wenshui and broke down from overwork. In memory of Dayu, people buried him in this place in Wang Yu Temple. Soon, a cypress tree grew in the place where Dayu was buried, indicating that Dayu was guarding Wenshui after his death. Dayu's wife missed him very much because he had been managing water all the year round, so she turned into a phoenix to find him and happened to land on the cypress branch of Dayu's incarnation. When she learned that the husband she missed day and night was not alive, she was very sad, groaned and died with tears in her eyes. I hit a tree and left this world. People buried the phoenix in the west of the tree. A few days later, a new cypress tree grew where the phoenix was buried. People talk about it one after another: Dayu and his wife can't reunite when they are alive, but they will become a couple's tree and a marriage tree after death, and they will never part. See Baidu encyclopedia /view/2 178.htm#2.