The Three Gorges Of The Yangtze River In China

“Floodwater dashed up against the skies... God issued a command allowing Yu to spread out the self-replacing soil so as to quell the foods in the Nine Provinces.” This myth from China’s remote past may reflect stories about the efforts of early rulers to control the flood waters of the Huang River- the mighty river that has been central to Chinese civilization since the earliest of times.” (Holt, World History textbook, 76). China is located in the far east side of Asia. They have very rugged mountains in the west, some of the tallest in the world. In the south there are many plateaus, moving north; there are semi-deserts. The heart of China, the China Proper, has been significant though it’s early years. China has three major rivers that they used for transportation, crops, and ect. they are

Ancient China is one of the oldest and longest lasting civilizations in the world. The Ancient Chinese have thrived for thousands of years because of the geography, their skills, and their talents. Throughout history, rivers such as the Yangtze and Huang He rivers made China thrive for thousands of years. While other features such as deserts and mountains like the Gobi, Himalayas, and the Taklimakan isolated the Chinese and kept other civilizations from culturally diffusing into Chinese lifestyle and culture.

The early Chinese civilization began to form along two rivers, the Yellow river and the Yangtze river. For the people of this civilization the Yellow river was of great importance for the development of their civilization. The early Chinese tribes lived in small villages and their central authority was organized into patriarchal lineages; meaning that the men were in charge of family matters. One of the first dynasties of China, the Shang dynasty originated from the Yellow river, and it was mainly viewed as one big family. “During the Shang Dynasty people worshipped many gods. Ancestor worship was very important since they believed their family members became god-like in the after life” (Ancient China).

The Shang Dynasty in China was located in an incredibly fertile area bordered by the Himalaya Mountains to the west, the Yellow and East China Seas to the east, and the Gobi Desert to the north. Shang China is the fertile ground located between the Yellow and Yangtze rivers, centered around the Yangtze. Without the continuous threats of attack from other tribes and dynasties, the Shang Dynasty could concentrate more on improving their homes and themselves. The Shang people began as a nomadic tribe, hunting and searching for their food everyday, and settled in the Henan province where they adopted an agricultural lifestyle. Floods were common. Each year, the floods would demolish the towns and homes, but the floods also brought fertile soil

The yellow river or Huang He is the second largest river in china at 2,900 miles. In Ancient china the chinese saw themselves as the children of the yellow river. The yellow river has played a major role on the development of civilization because the river area was always the center of culture, politics, and economy. For over 1,000 years the river had been known as the “mother river”. 4,000 B.C. farming communities developed along the yellow river and grew from there.The river spread enough silt onto the land to create miles of fertile farmland. The only thing about farming along the river was every season the river would flood and wash out all the crops. But because of the framers success the population began to grow.

Ancient China started developing on the Yellow and Yangtze river, along the Yangtze river they started growing rice, the practice gradually made it was inland, and along the Yellow they began to grow millet. China naturals borders kept the safe from invasions and made it hard for the invaders to invade. China's naturals borders where the Yellow Sea, East China Sea, Pacific Ocean to the east. The Gobi Desert to the north, Taklimakan Desert to the west. Pamir, Tian

The Yellow River was the source of many helpful things that improved the way China was run. The north and south of China had different environments, but rice was produced well in the south, so it led to China having a great population in the south. The Shang Period was successful because it was influenced by a warrior aristocracy, used phonetic symbols to communicate, and had skilled artisans. The Zhou Period was the longest lasting dynasty in China, and it consumed of many things such as the Mandate of Heaven, a set of rules the Zhou lived by, and Legalism, which was a set of demanding laws with cruel punishments. The Chinese lived a belief in Confucianism, teachings with the belief of benevolence towards all humans, and Daoism, teachings

Groups of these kinds are found in the Zhenjuesi Temple in Beijing, and they feature five smaller pagodas built on higher solid squared bases known as diamond thrones. One is in the center and four are in corners to dedicate the Buddhas, which according to history during the Yongle reign of the Ming Dynasty, a monk by the name of Bandida hauled from India to Beijing and presented to the emperor of the time five golden Buddha statues along with a plan for a diamond throne. The final result was based off Indian design, but had Chinese modifications, where the base became 1.78 meters high, and all five pagodas were six meters

From the Yangnim mountains runs the Taedong river to the South-West, ultimately to the Yellow Sea. It has a strong current and is fordable, though not downstream and greatly limits North-South movements. Two other rivers, the Taedong-gang and Ch’ongch’on-gang, also run to the Yellow Sea. These rivers flow along the West side of the peninsula and have broad openings at their ends. They aren’t considered obstacles and are easily fordable, especially the Ch’ongch’on-gang as it is very shallow. Among North Korea’s widest rivers, there is the Tumen-gang. This river flows to the South-East into the Sea of Japan and is typically somewhat shallow. However, flooding due to post-winter thawing and rains in the summer. Forming a natural border to China is the Yalu river. This river feeds into the Yellow Sea and is the longest river in North Korea. It is moderately navigable for small watercraft and contains many islands and sand bars. Flash floods are commonplace and occur during the spring thaws and the summer rains. During the winter, the shallower rivers may freeze up and are cross-able on

Since 2002, WWF has reconnected more than 40 floodplain lakes to the main stem of the Yangtze River to restore seasonal

This document discusses solutions to combat the volatility of the Yellow River. In 1st Century BCE China, the Yellow River was both an agricultural and urban necessity—but it was also a danger due to flooding. An authority on the matter, Jia Rang, proposes multiple solutions intended to tame the aggression of the Yellow River. He’s aware of the importance of digging canals and notes three benefits of digging: the movement of salt and silt leads to increased fertility, more rice can be planted opposed to wheat, increasing production, and things can be reliably transported in the water. He also notes three detriments: constant flood preventative measures exhausts people, evaporation causes high humidity, sickness, and alkaline soil, and finally when the flood destroys the dikes, people living nearby drown. Jia Rang made other suggestions made on his findings, but considered the best option to be “…the building of large-scale dikes”.

In August of 1975 a horrible tragedy struck China. The Banqiao dam, burst resulting in water flooding through the city. Not only did the Banqiao dam, burst but 60 dams as well. People were struggling to survive (Qing xv). However, some were not so lucky. An estimated amount of about 100,000 people were killed (Qing xv)). In hopes to rebuild China, the Three Gorges dam project was announced. The Three Gorges dam project was first brought up around the 1920’s, by Sun Yet-sen (Hessler 2). “After Sun’s death, in 1925, the vision was kept alive by dictators and revolutionaries, occupiers and developers, all of whom saw the project as an important step in modernizing the nation” (Hessler 3). However economic problems affected the building process. The authors state that the purpose of the dam was “to control floods, generate power, improve navigation and supply water” (Duan and Wilmsen 1). There

The environmental management aims of the dam were to reduce flooding of the river, as well as shifting the nation from heavy coal-dependency to more renewably sourced energy to meet expanding requirements in China. Thus maintaining to expand the energy industry and output for use in a growing society, whilst considering the finite limit and emission impacts of coal and other fossil fuels. To meet these goals, the TGD was constructed to become the world’s largest hydroelectric dam. The Yangtze River on which it built is the world’s third largest river; being the largest in China (Cai et al., 2013). The Yangtze River Basin (including tributaries) involves 20% of the area of China; resultantly being large enough to heavily impact surrounding ecosystems, the water cycle and energy balance (Li et al., 2011). Construction of the dam commenced in 1993 and ended in 2009, with the final construction having a storage capacity of 3.93x1010m3 (Zhou et al., 2014). Partial operation of the dam commenced from 2003 and full operation from 2009 (Cai et al., 2013). Studies have been comprehensively conducted to argue that this technological solution has not led to good management of the environment; as evidenced from both social and environmental impacts, as well as investigations into the overweighing benefits people management would have had.

About 45 miles from Beijing is the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall. Although it is older than some of the other passes are, it looks nearly the same as it did centuries ago. It is known for its large number of watchtowers. In this 1½-mile section, there are more than 20 towers, with three of them connected by a tunnel inside the wall. Those who do not enjoy going through tunnels may enjoy using the overhead cable car to view the beautiful scenery.

Kingdoms rise and fall, and out of their ashes come new kingdoms. Over and over again, the pattern recurs throughout history. China’s history and culture were born of such patterns, and it all began 1.7 million years ago.1 Archaeologists from modern times found the remains of the early hominid species Homo erectus in Yunnan Province, which was called Peking man. Peking man could walk upright, create fire, and possessed the ability to make stone tools, but it wasn’t until 2183 BCE that the vestiges of China truly began to emerge. The Yellow River, the cradle of the Chinese civilization, flooded regularly, and King Shun appointed his minister Yu to rectify that problem. When Yu diverted the flood channels to the sea, he gained the epithet Yu