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Chapter 302: The Three Gorges Dam, the Project of the Century
The outstanding achievements of China's high-speed rail have made ancient people from all dynasties and generations feel happy and sighing with emotion.

After all, they know very well what kind of tragic situation future generations will be in during the Republic of China.

It is no exaggeration to say that China at that time had reached the point of national subjugation and genocide.

But even in such difficult circumstances, future generations survived.

And not only did he stand up, he also achieved very dazzling achievements.

If nothing else, the development of China's high-speed rail alone makes them proud.

In just a few decades, high-speed rail has gone from nothing to number one in the world. This world-renowned achievement moved them.

One can imagine the hardships involved, but future generations succeeded in the end.

Just through China's high-speed rail, they have seen the great achievements of later generations in infrastructure projects.

This can't help but make ancient people from all dynasties extremely curious. In addition to high-speed rail, what other super projects will there be in future generations.

At that time, Shang Yang, a representative figure of Legalism, wanted to change the current situation of Wei through reforms.

But compared with the Three Gorges Project, it was completely defeated.

With the advancement of reform, Qin's national power became increasingly powerful, and it eventually became the hegemon of the Seven Kingdoms.

While watching a short video of the Three Gorges Dam, Su Chen introduced the super project of the Three Gorges Dam.

In its earliest days, Qin was just a small country on the border.

It is precisely because of this that he said that this was a ditch that contained a conspiracy.

Seeing how anxious everyone was, Su Chen didn't show off.

"This is not only an exciting achievement, but also a challenging campaign."

That is to let a water conservancy master named Zheng Guo weaken Qin's power from the side.

"This concrete gravity dam is not only the world's largest water conservancy project, but also the world's largest hydropower station."

Zheng Guo Canal was originally a canal with evil intentions, but in the end it became a canal that benefited people all over the world.

So after thinking about it, the king of South Korea came up with a way.

Huge projects were used to exhaust Qin's human, financial, and material resources to achieve the purpose of weakening Qin.

"More than 1600 million cubic meters of concrete were used to build such a huge project on this world-class river."

When it comes to which country in the world has the most powerful infrastructure projects, it is undoubtedly China.

Compared with the other six countries, the strength was far behind, so the six countries did not take Qin seriously at all.

I recall that when the three families were divided into the Jin Dynasty, the world's structure changed drastically, ushering in the Warring States Period with the Seven Kingdoms as the lord.

At that time, South Korea was no longer a match for Qin, and a fight between the two sides would only greatly reduce its own strength.

Not only that, the king of Wei also sent Shang Yang to the border areas.

The Zhengguo Canal, his water conservancy project in Da Qin, is known as the best canal in the world.

With nowhere to go, Shang Yang traveled to many places and finally came to Qin, where he was appreciated by the ancestors of Qin.

"Moreover, the construction site is located in an earthquake-prone area, which places extremely high requirements on geological stability and seismic design."

The former king of Qin discussed with Shang Yang and decided to implement reforms.

"From the initial planning in 1932, to the official start of construction in 1994, and then to its complete completion in 2006, the construction of the Three Gorges Dam has gone through nearly 80 years of ups and downs."

Ying Zheng: The water conservancy projects of later generations are really shocking, thousands of times more majestic than the Zhengguo Canal in our Qin Dynasty.

"However, the construction of the Three Gorges Dam also brought a series of challenges and problems."

"The Three Gorges Dam has provided electricity to hundreds of millions of people. The anchor will give you an in-depth understanding of the story behind this magnificent project."

But it was a pity that when the ambitious Shang Yang defected to Wei, he was flatly rejected by the king of Wei.

South Korea knows very well that once Qin develops, it will inevitably take action on itself.

However, it didn't take long for the situation to change.

Seeing Qin's strength getting stronger and stronger, South Korea on the side couldn't sit still.

"The construction of the Three Gorges Dam is not only a great feat for our people, but also a milestone in global water conservancy projects."

Zheng Guo's initial task was to persuade Qin Guo to build this huge water canal.

"The Three Gorges Dam, a spectacular construction internationally hailed as the project of the century, is located in the middle reaches of our great mother river, the Yangtze River."

Among the many super projects built in China, the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River is naturally on the list.

The majesty of the Three Gorges Project in the picture deeply shocked his soul and made him unable to calm down for a long time.

"The dam lies across the Yangtze River, and the reservoir area formed behind it reaches more than 600 square kilometers."

"This number exceeds even the total land area of ​​some small countries, and the dams are large enough to fine-tune the Earth's rotation."

"The most significant of these is the resettlement of residents in the reservoir area. Approximately 140 million people need to be relocated due to the thousands of cities, towns and villages that have been submerged due to the construction of the reservoir."

“During this process, engineers faced many difficulties and risks such as the diversion of water in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, ensuring that there was still sufficient water flow downstream.”

"Despite the compensation and assistance provided by the central government, many relocated residents still face difficulties and challenges in housing, employment, education and medical care, and environmental impact is also a key issue."

Since he ascended the throne, in order to develop national strength, he has recruited talents from all over the world.

Zheng Guo attracted his attention because of his identity as a water conservancy engineer.

Zheng Guo claimed that if he could be reused, he could build a canal that could cover the whole country.

Then Qin's grain output will definitely increase three to four times.

From now on, the Qin army will fight in all directions and there will be no worries.

You know, the survival and development of a country depends on food.

At that time, he was very ambitious. If he wanted to dominate the world, he had to solve the problem of food and grass.

And Zheng Guo's words gave him hope.

So after careful consideration, he agreed to Zheng Guo's proposal.

The Qin State invested a lot of time and money in building the Zhengguo Canal, a huge water conservancy project, so that it was unable to attack South Korea.

From 246 BC to 238 BC, Zheng Guo Canal was not completed.

Just when South Korea thought its conspiracy was about to succeed, the identity of Zheng Guo's spy was exposed.

He was very angry at the time and wanted to execute Zheng Guo.

But Zheng Guo was not afraid in the face of danger, argued with reason, and said to him.

Although I am a Korean spy, I am an engineer who thinks about the people. I know very well what benefits Zheng Guoqu will bring to Qin.

The construction of the Zhengguo Canal will certainly allow South Korea to survive for several years.

But for the Qin State, it is an eternal achievement.

What's more, the Zhengguo Canal, which is half-constructed, cannot be abandoned halfway.

Since Zheng Guo's words were indeed reasonable, he quickly calmed down and continued to build the Zheng Guo Canal.

Ten years later, Zheng Guo Canal was finally completed.

And the fact is just as Zheng Guo promised, Zheng Guo Canal irrigated large areas of Qin's land and transformed those barren fields into pieces of fertile land.

As a result, Qin's grain production increased and every household could fill their stomachs.

The increase in output gave Qin a large amount of food and wealth, laying a solid economic foundation for Qin to dominate the world.

"The impoundment of reservoirs has led to dam collapse, geological disasters, water pollution, and a reduction in biodiversity, including endangering the survival of rare species such as the Chinese white dolphin and the Chinese paddlefish."

"In addition, the risk of dam collapse is an issue that cannot be ignored."

"Once it occurs, the consequences will be catastrophic, threatening the lives and property safety of hundreds of millions of people downstream."

"Therefore, scientific assessment, monitoring and maintenance of the Three Gorges Dam are ongoing and necessary to ensure its structural integrity and safe operation."

"Power generation is one of the main functions of the Three Gorges Dam. It is equipped with 32 hydropower units of 70 kilowatts and two 2 kilowatts."

"The total installed capacity has reached 2250 million kilowatts, and the annual power generation exceeds 1000 billion kilowatt hours."

"This is equivalent to saving 3100 million tons of standard coal consumption and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 8600 million tons every year."

"Globally, the Three Gorges Dam surpasses any other hydropower or nuclear power plant with its enormous power generation capacity."

"The Three Gorges Hydropower Station provides stable and reliable clean energy for the Yangtze River Basin and even China's eastern coastal areas, and provides strong support for China's economic and social development."

"In addition to power generation, flood control is also an important function of the Three Gorges Dam."

"As one of the longest and most important rivers in my country, the Yangtze River has experienced many devastating floods in history."

"To protect urban and rural areas along the coast from flooding, the central government decided to build the Three Gorges Dam in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River."

"The dam can store 393 billion cubic meters of flood water, greatly reducing flood risks in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River."

"It is estimated that the Three Gorges Dam can reduce a once-in-a-century flood to a once-in-a-millennium flood, providing a solid guarantee for the safety of the Yangtze River Basin and even downstream cities, and effectively reducing casualties and economic losses."

Liu Che: Although there are incredible projects like the Three Gorges Dam in later generations, we also have the famous Dujiangyan.

Dujiangyan, located in Chengdu, Sichuan, was built during the period of King Zhao of Qin. It is a large-scale water conservancy project organized by Li Bing and his son, the prefect of Shu County.

Chengdu is known as the Land of Abundance, which is inseparable from the contribution of Dujiangyan.

So far, the irrigation area has reached dozens of counties and counties. It can be said that the predecessors planted trees and the later generations enjoy the shade.

Therefore, in order to express the achievements of Li Bing and his son, he sent people to build the Erwang Temple as a commemoration.

Li Bing's Dujiangyan water conservancy project had a profound impact on Shu society.

After the completion of Dujiangyan, earth-shaking changes took place in Shu, and floods that had harmed the people for thousands of years were completely eradicated.

Dujiangyan makes full use of the local geographical conditions of being high in the northwest and low in the southeast, and based on the special topography and water potential at the mouth of the river, ensuring the full play of flood control, irrigation, and water transportation.

The greatest thing about Dujiangyan is that it has endured for many years after its completion and has become increasingly effective. The construction of Dujiangyan was based on the premise of making full use of natural resources to serve the people and turning harm into benefit.

It is no exaggeration to say that Dujiangyan ushered in a new era in the history of water conservancy and marked a new stage in the history of water conservancy in China.

"The Three Gorges Dam is not only a magnificent water conservancy project in my country, but also a key transportation hub."

"As one of the most important inland waterways in my country, the Yangtze River has complex natural conditions, curved river channels and large changes in water levels, which pose considerable challenges to shipping."

"The Three Gorges Dam cleverly solved this problem by constructing ship locks and ship lifts, which greatly facilitated the passage of ships on the upper and lower reaches of the Yangtze River."

"Its lock is the largest in the world and can accommodate one 10,000-ton cargo ship or six 1,000-ton cargo ships."

"And its ship lift is the world's best, capable of transporting ships weighing 40 tons vertically, either up or down, within 3000 minutes."

“Such a design provides an efficient and convenient waterway transportation channel not only for the Yangtze River Basin, but also for trade cooperation with countries along the Belt and Road.”

"The completion of the Three Gorges Dam is both a technical achievement and also faces many challenges."

"It embodies the Chinese people's spirit of daring to challenge, innovate, and pursue excellence. It also reflects China's complex balance between socioeconomic development and environmental protection."

"This project is not only worthy of in-depth study and reflection by every Chinese son and daughter, but also a respectable engineering miracle."

"Although the Three Gorges Dam is regularly inspected, some satellite images have been circulated on the Internet showing that the dam appears to be somewhat deformed."

"The central government quickly responded by pointing out that the distortion of these images was due to errors in the map service's algorithms."

"And explained that although there may be some deformation of the dam, it is far less severe than rumored."

"Therefore, the claims in recent years that the Three Gorges Dam is deformed and may even fail are pure nonsense."

"Behind this are malicious rumors spread by some people with ulterior motives. The purpose is to create panic and damage the image of the Three Gorges Project."

"First of all, the design and construction of the Three Gorges Dam has gone through rigorous scientific demonstration and technical testing, and fully complies with international water conservancy engineering standards and specifications."

Li Shimin: Although the Lingqu Canal is not as important as the Three Gorges Dam, its importance is no less important.

The scale of the Three Gorges Dam was far beyond his imagination. He hoped that one day such a magnificent water conservancy project could be built on the land of Datang.

The Three Gorges Dam has benefited countless people in later generations, but similarly, the Lingqu Canal belonging to the Tang Dynasty has also benefited the people of the Tang Dynasty.

Looking at the water conservancy projects throughout history, there are not many that have been preserved for thousands of years and are still in use today. Lingqu canal plays an important role among many water conservancy projects.

Lingqu, built in the Qin Dynasty, is the oldest canal in the world.

It connects the Yangtze River and Pearl River water systems, connects the source of the Xiangjiang River with the source of the Li River, and opens up the north-south water channel.

The excavation of Lingqu Canal provided an important guarantee for the Qin Dynasty to unify Lingnan.

It has played a positive role in consolidating national unity and strengthening political, economic and cultural exchanges between the north and the south.

Lingqu, Dujiangyan and Zhengguo Canal are known as the three great water conservancy projects of the Qin Dynasty.

The important role of Ling Canal is self-evident, whether it is for the Qin Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty.

The completion of Ling Canal completed Qin Shihuang's great cause of unifying China.

It expanded the territory of China and promoted exchanges between the Central Plains and Lingnan as well as the integration of ethnic groups.

To this day, Ling Canal still plays an important role in shipping, irrigation and other aspects.

Lingqu is first of all a military transportation project, created by Qin Shihuang to unify Lingnan.

Before the Qin Dynasty, the Lingnan region had not been included in China's territory.

It was not until Qin Shihuang unified the six countries that he launched a war to conquer Lingnan.

In order to solve the Qin Army's logistical supply problem, Qin Shihuang dug the Ling Canal, which enabled the Qin Army to receive a steady supply of logistics and soldiers, and finally unified the Lingnan region.

The excavation of Ling Canal not only achieved the great cause of the unification of the Qin Empire, but also greatly expanded China's territory.

Today, Lingqu is an important trade channel connecting the Central Plains and Lingnan, and has become a major transportation artery between the north and the south.

Throughout the ages, countless civil servants, military generals and scholars have entered Lingnan via Lingqu.

They either left historical achievements or poems and articles, which enriched the cultural heritage of Lingnan.

In addition, the rich and colorful Central Plains culture was gradually introduced to Lingnan through Lingnan.

Including agriculture, handicraft technology, architecture, food and other cultures, as well as the folk beliefs and folk customs of the Han people in the Central Plains.

In short, compared to the importance of the Three Gorges Dam to later generations, the Lingqu canal was more important to the people of the Tang Dynasty.

"The dam uses a concrete gravity structure, which has extremely strong stability and earthquake resistance."

"Advanced construction technology and equipment were adopted during the construction process to ensure the excellent quality of the concrete and the compactness of the dam."

"During operation, the dam is equipped with a comprehensive safety monitoring system and emergency plan to monitor various indicators in real time and effectively handle any abnormal situations."

"According to official public data, all monitoring indicators are within the range allowed by the design."

"Secondly, something needs to be understood."

"Any large-scale water conservancy project will cause a certain degree of deformation due to natural factors, such as water level, temperature, earthquakes, etc."

"This deformation is usually cyclic, reversible, and controllable, and will not affect the structural integrity and safe operation of the dam."

"The Three Gorges Dam has fully taken these factors into consideration when designing it, and has reserved sufficient safety margins."

"Monitoring data shows that the deformation of the dam is completely within the elastic range, and there is no irreversible or serious deformation."

"Finally, using maps to search for photos to prove deformation of the Three Gorges Dam is scientifically unsound and unreliable."

"These photos have been spliced, compressed and processed and cannot accurately reflect the true condition of the dam."

"In addition, these photos may have been taken at different times, angles and resolutions and are not suitable for precise comparison."

"Even if there are some changes in the photos, these changes may be visual errors caused by factors such as lighting, viewing angle, and scale, and do not represent actual physical changes."

"The controversy over the deformation of the Three Gorges Dam is completely an unfounded rumor spread by some people with ulterior motives."

"Every Chinese son or daughter should look at this issue with a scientific and rational attitude and maintain full confidence in the safety measures and capabilities of the Three Gorges Project."

"This project is a great achievement of the Chinese people and an outstanding example of water conservancy engineering in the world. We should be proud of and confident in it."

Zhu Di: The only thing that can be compared with the Three Gorges Dam is the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal runs through the north and south, and its importance to the country of Ming Dynasty is self-evident.

The reason why the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal can benefit the people of Ming Dynasty is also thanks to Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty who spent the whole country to build it.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty had only been emperor for a few months, and he impatiently ordered the capital to be moved to Luoyang.

But the new capital needed a lot of supporting facilities, so the new official took office and started one project after another.

First they built trenches and erected barriers to the capital, and then they built palaces. The level of luxury was staggering.

This was not over yet, Emperor Sui Yang immediately set his sights on the rich south of the Yangtze River.

For Emperor Sui Yang, there were countless beautiful scenery, beautiful women, and delicious food in the south.

Everything that can be transported will be transported, and everything that cannot be transported, Emperor Sui Yang will go to Jiangnan in person.

In order to provide himself with quite convenient transportation conditions, Emperor Sui Yang thought of a coup.

Several short canals built by the previous dynasty were connected, and then excavated and expanded, eventually forming a grand canal running from north to south.

During the reign of Emperor Sui Yang, several major projects, especially the construction of the Grand Canal, directly drained the national finances.

Some people say that Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty ignored the people's livelihood and only pursued pleasure for himself, so that he kept the people in dire straits for a long time.

But in fact, returning to real history, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty dug the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

In addition to self-interest, there is another important reason.

That is to hope that by connecting the north and the south, we can promote the integration and commercial development of the north and the south and maintain the unity of the country.

After all, if you just enjoy yourself, there is no need to work so hard.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was a tyrant, not a coward.

The right way is to further consolidate one's rule and make one's throne more stable.

This is actually a good thing to consolidate national interests, but Emperor Yang of Sui's stall was too big, and eventually the people couldn't bear it.

In a few years, the number of manpower involved reached millions.

How could the common people withstand such torture? In the end, Emperor Sui Yang was harmed by his drastic water conservancy project.

At the beginning of the construction of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, in order to realize this great political achievement, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty mobilized millions of farmers and soldiers along the route to work as laborers.

The Grand Canal winds more than 5,000 miles from north to south and took six years to complete.

In the past six years, the lives of many ordinary people have been ruined and the people have been miserable.

At the same time, it also completely shook the foundation of the Sui Dynasty.

Just when the people were complaining, Emperor Sui Yang did not realize that the country was in crisis.

Instead, they continue to waste people's energy and strain their already thin family resources.

It was clear that the people could build the project safely, and Emperor Sui Yang couldn't wait to start enjoying it tomorrow.

In order to have the highest travel standards, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty ordered the construction of countless luxurious palaces along the way.

From Chang'an to Jiangdu, there were more than 40. In addition, they also ordered people to build extremely luxurious dragon boats and thousands of ships.

The dragon boat is four stories high and has a main hall, a court hall and an inner hall.

After the canals and dragon boats were built, Emperor Yangzhou of the Sui Dynasty visited Yangzhou three times and couldn't forget to return. He couldn't bear to miss Shu.

The people are working hard and the world is in chaos. This is an eternal truth.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty did not enjoy a luxurious life for a few years before he died at the hands of the rebels.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty has received mixed praise and criticism in history, but there is one thing that no one can deny.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal built at that time has become a lasting political achievement after continuous repair and expansion through the ages.

(End of this chapter)