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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.
The Yellow River [a] is the second-longest river in China and the sixth-longest river system on Earth, with an estimated length of 5,464 km (3,395 mi) and a watershed of 795,000 km 2 (307,000 sq mi).
"Yellow River" is a song recorded by the British band Christie. It was released in 1970 and became a No. 1 hit song for the band in the UK. ... Chart (1970) Peak ...
A Chinese legend concerning the pre-historic Emperor Yu (夏禹) tells of the Lo Shu, often in connection with the Yellow River Map (Hetu) and the eight trigrams.In ancient China there is a legend of a huge deluge: the people offered sacrifices to the god of one of the flooding rivers, the Luo river (洛河), to try to calm his anger.
Yellow Sea: Primary river 131 Asia: Mahanadi: 2,562 900 560 141,600 Bay of Bengal: Primary river [106] 132 Asia: Pyasina: 2,550 818 508 182,000 Kara Sea: Primary ...
Ten Thousand Miles along the Yellow River (Chinese: 黃河萬里圖) is a Chinese scroll painting by an unidentified artist. The painting is from the period of Qing dynasty and is thought to be created from 1690 to 1722. The painting illustrates the Yellow River System.
An English map from 1720 identifies it as the Yellow River. A 1778 map spells the river's name "Okalockney", while one from 1856 has it as "Oklokonee". The modern name probably derives from the Hitchiti/Mikasuki Oki (water) and Lagana (yellow). [5] From 1839 to 1842, Fort Virginia Braden was established on the river located at Fort Braden in ...
The Earth Suspended River (地上悬河 [1] is located in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, which is a world-famous geographical landscape. Also known as 'the raised bed river', its bed is more than 3 metres higher than the ground. In some places, the water level is even about 10 metres higher than the ground.