Hongqi Canal is a project built from the waist of Taihang Mountain by people in Linxian County (now Linzhou City) in 1960s. It is called "Artificial Tianhe". 1February 1960, the project started, and1July 1969, the branch canal supporting project was completely completed, which lasted nearly ten years.
Linzhou, located at the junction of Henan, Shanxi and Hebei provinces, suffered from severe drought and water shortage in history. Hongqi Canal is an artificial irrigation canal.
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The main canal of Hongqi Canal is divided into one, two and three main canals.
The first main canal flows southward from the watershed on the east side of Lvlin Mountain, and flows into Hero Canal through Shuihe, Heilongmiao, Tian Jiagou, Huanghua, Taoyuan, Beixiaozhuang and Wenjiazhang villages to the west of Hejian Town, with a total length of 39.7 kilometers.
The second main canal starts from the watershed, along Maoerling in the northeast of Yaocun Town, passes through Shenjiagang, Jiaojiatun, Majiashan, Pangcun, Huang Mu, Yangboshan, Zhangjiajing and Qiaojiatun, and reaches the east of Madian Village, with a total length of 47.6 kilometers.
The third main canal bifurcates from the right side 560m upstream of the main canal tail (watershed), extends to the northeast, passes through Xianyan Village to Xiayanke Village in the south, passes through Shuguang Cave with a length of 3,898m in Luzhailing, and reaches the east of Dongluzhai Village, with a total length of10.9km.. ..
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Baidu encyclopedia-hongqiqu