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26 paź 2020 · Because of the several large rivers, flat plains, and seasonal monsoons, China has always been prone to catastrophic flooding, which means that any budding civilization was at the mercy of the rivers until they could find some way of flood control.
Ancient China. Journey Through Ancient China's Physical Features.
The two main rivers that flowed through central China—the Yangtze River to the south and the Yellow River to the north—might be considered the two most significant geographical characteristics of ancient China.
There is an ancient Chinese legend called He Bo Xian Tu (河伯獻圖), which roughly means "the River Deity presenting a map". During the mythical Xia dynasty , a river deity gave Yu the Great a stone with a flood map etched on its surface.
This map shows the varied topography of ancient China, which included fertile plains, river valleys, numerous mountain ranges, deserts, and a long running coastline on the eastern edge. (credit: “China topography” by Tom Patterson, US National Park Service Natural Earth/Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain)
19 paź 2023 · Huang He Valley (or in English, Yellow River Valley) was the birthplace of ancient Chinese civilization, and for that reason is often called “Mother River.” The valley surrounds the principal river of northern China and is at the center of thousands of years of Chinese history.
The Yellow River Map, Scheme, or Diagram, also known by its Chinese name as the Hetu, is an ancient Chinese diagram that appears in myths concerning the invention of writing by Cangjie and other culture heroes.
