Zheng Guo Canal: From a strategy to exhaust Qin to a strategy to strengthen Qin
Zheng Guo Canal, located on the north bank of Jing River, 25 kilometers northwest of Jingyang County, Shaanxi Province, was built under the supervision of Zheng Guo, a water conservancy expert from Han, in 246 BC (the first year of King Zheng of Qin). It is one of the earliest large-scale water conservancy projects built on the Guanzhong Plain.
In the late Warring States period, among the seven feudal states of Qin, Qi, Chu, Yan, Zhao, Wei, and Han, Qin was growing rapidly and was eyeing the other six states. Han, located on the key route for Qin to exit Hangu Pass and advance into the Central Plains, could be swallowed by Qin at any time.
In 246 BC, King Huan of Han, in a state of constant fear and desperation, adopted a very crude so-called 'exhausting Qin' strategy: he sent the famous water engineer Zheng Guo to Qin to persuade Qin to dig a large irrigation canal between Jing River and Luo River (both tributaries of Wei River). On the surface, it was to develop Qin's agriculture, but the real purpose was to exhaust Qin's strength, delay Qin's eastward advance, and gain a respite.
After Zheng Guo arrived in Qin, he persuaded King Qin to dig a canal, diverting Jing River to Luo River, and irrigating the land along the river. Ying Zheng, who had just ascended the throne, wanted to develop water conservancy and accumulate strength to prepare for the unification of the six states. So, he quickly accepted this attractive suggestion and immediately recruited more than 100,000 workers and a large amount of materials, appointed Zheng Guo to supervise the construction, and launched the most magnificent and spectacular water conservancy project at that time.
During the construction process, Han's 'exhausting Qin' plot was exposed, and King Qin was furious and wanted to kill Zheng Guo. Zheng Guo defended himself by saying: 'At first, I was a spy, but when the canal is completed, it will also benefit Qin. I delayed Han's life for a few years, but I have made a great contribution to Qin for thousands of generations.'
Ying Zheng was a far-sighted politician. He thought Zheng Guo made sense, and the project also needed Zheng Guo. After weighing the pros and cons, he decided to continue to use Zheng Guo and let him be responsible for the project to the end. The project took ten years to complete and was named Zheng Guo Canal.
The Zheng Guo Canal project took advantage of the high northwest and low southeast terrain, built a stone dam on the Jing River in the northwest of Jingyang County, intercepted the river water, raised the water level, and introduced it into the main canal. The main canal was arranged at the highest point of the irrigation canal, extending eastward along the foot of the north mountain, passing through Jingyang, Sanyuan, Fuping, Pucheng and other counties, and finally flowing into Luo River south of Jincheng Village, Pucheng County. Along the way, it cut off the rivers along the mountain, incorporated the smelting water, clear water, turbid water, and Shichuan water into the canal to increase the water volume. In an area of 300 li, Zheng Guo Canal formed a dense irrigation system like a spider web between the three rivers of Jing, Luo, and Wei in the northern part of the Guanzhong Plain.
The completion of Zheng Guo Canal allowed the scarce rainfall and poor land of Guanzhong to be irrigated, greatly improving the agricultural production in Guanzhong. The Guanzhong Plain gradually became the granary of Qin. Six years after the completion of Zheng Guo Canal, Qin destroyed Han, and Han, who had thrown out the 'exhausting Qin' strategy, was wiped out. Fifteen years after the completion of Zheng Guo Canal, Qin destroyed the six states and achieved unification of the world.
In the depths of the valley, the autumn mountains and rivers of the Zhengguo Canal flow, the mountains and rivers of the Dream Valley, the boating mountains and rivers of cattle, the dream fairy, the oil paper umbrella free Hanfu change, the blessing of Ruyi Cliff, the punch card of the lonely boat Zhengguo Canal Scenic Area is the world irrigation project heritage national water conservancy scenic area National AAAA-level tourist attraction is a natural "oxygen bar" that is not polluted
Location: Zhengguo Canal Scenic Area, Yuejia Village, Xiangyang County, Xianyang City. Tickets: 100 adults/person one-day tour around Xi'an. It is recommended to travel by car. It takes about an hour to depart from Xi'an. There is a large parking lot at the entrance of the scenic spot for 10/day. Enter the scenic spot, the bus sightseeing bus will take us to the last stop (Zhengguo Lake), and then we can go back one stop. From Zhengguo Lake, walk about 10 minutes to the cliff swing (60/person), next to the glass plank road observation deck (1 yuan/person), and then walk down for a few minutes to the place where you take the bamboo raft (30/person), you can reach the next stop by taking the bamboo raft and walking in the mountains and rivers. Don't have a landscape. After getting off the bamboo raft, it is the waterfall, you can play in the water, and then go down to the black ditch, the first-line sky landscape, and then down to the cave, even the day after coming out is over. Overall it's okay
The ticket for the night show, Zheng Guoqu, said that it was great, the only fly in the ointment was that the water in Zhengguo Lake was yellow, because it had just been raining heavily and no water projects could be carried out. The cave sky is also very cool and the light show is beautiful. The only thing to complain about is this night ticket, just two places, one Zhengguo Lake and one cave sky (there are various light exhibitions inside), after checking the ticket, take the scenic bus, I feel that the most cost-effective thing to come to Zhengguo Canal is to take the scenic bus shuttle in the tunnel, nothing else really left. Experience.
Nice view and special
Bringing my family to Zhengguo Canal on the weekend to punch in, very good, quite relaxed, after playing, go to Yuanjia Village to eat and eat
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