It is agreed upon by almost all the Chinese people that the Yellow River is the cradle of Chinese civilization, the spiritual home of the Chinese people.
Rich cultural relics history and gorgeous natural sceneries make the Yellow River a fine place to visit.
It runs through nine provinces and autonomous regions on its way to the bahai sea.
They are stretching arms and waiting for your visiting!
It is the waters of the river and its spirit that nature the whole Chinese nation.
Emperor Qin Shi Huang, Genghis khan (1162-1227, grandfather of Kublai Khan who is the first emperor of the Yuan Dynasty(1271-1368)) pushed the Yellow River civilization to a wholly new level of refinement, grace and spirituality which drew the attention of the whole world.
It bears special significance: the symbol of the Chinese nation, the spirit of the Chinese people and more importantly, civilization itself.
When the levees of the Yellow River break, which happens with some regularity, the countryside is devastated.
Neolithic (7,000 BC-3,700 BC), Bronze (3,700 BC-2,700 BC) and Iron Age Sites (770 BC), and so on canbe found in the Yellow River’s drainage basin, which had been the center of ancient Chinese culture since the Azilian (Middle Stone Age).
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