Speaking of Taihang Mountain, there are really endless stories. Taihang Mountain has always been regarded as a battleground for military strategists because of its dangerous terrain. Hongqi Canal was built from the waist of Taihang Mountain by people in Linxian County (now Linzhou City) in the 1960s under extremely difficult conditions, and was then called artificial Tianhe. Known as "the eighth wonder of the world".
The Hongqi Canal Project * * * leveled 50 hills 1.250, erected aqueducts 1, excavated 2 tunnels1,built buildings 1.2408, and excavated 22.25 million cubic meters of earth and stone. The total length of the main canal of Hongqi Canal is 700,000.
According to calculation, if these earth-rock barriers are built into walls with a height of 2 meters and a width of 3 meters, they can run through the north and south of the motherland, bypass Beijing and connect Guangzhou and Harbin.
Split Taihang Mountain, Zhanghe River crosses the mountain, and Linxian people are more curious, vowing to rearrange the mountains and rivers! Linzhou is located at the southern end of Taihang Mountain, and its special geographical position makes it dry for ten years, and water is as expensive as oil. In order to change this situation, 300,000 Linzhou people only used a hammer, a shovel and two hands to dig a red flag canal stretching 1500 km in the majestic Taihang Mountain.
Hongqi Canal Scenic Area consists of Hongqi Canal Water Diversion Garden and Youth Cave. The main scenic spots are Hongqiqu Memorial Hall, Fenshuizha, Luositan Waterfall, Tuanjie Cave, Yixiantian and so on. Strolling along the canal, the banks are rugged and green, the green hills are floating, the rocks are lying on the waves, and the scenery is pleasant.
People in Linxian County forged the "Red Flag Canal Spirit" of magnificent mountains and rivers in this earth-shattering and weeping great project construction. Hongqi Canal is not only a water conservancy project, but also a symbol of national spirit.
Historical significance
The completion of Hongqi Canal has completely improved the poor living environment of Linxian people, solved the draught problem of 567,000 people and 370,000 livestock, irrigated 540,000 mu of cultivated land, and the grain yield per mu increased from 100 kg in the early days before the construction of Hongqi Canal to 199 1 year of 476.3 kg.
Known as the "Canal of Life" and "Canal of Happiness" by Linzhou people. Hongqi Canal is a miracle created by the people of Linzhou in the era of Mao Zedong who carried forward the spirit of "self-reliance, hard struggle, self-improvement, pioneering and innovative, unity and cooperation, and selfless dedication". The total length of the Hongqi Canal is 1500 km, ending the tragic history of Linzhou's ten years and nine droughts, and its water is as expensive as oil.