Brief introduction of Loufan Reservoir

In fact, Fenhe Reservoir is located in the north of Xiashijiazhuang Village, Dujiaoqu Town, loufan county. Fenhe Reservoir is 15km long from north to south and 5km wide from east to west. The reservoir area is centered on Laoloufan Town, covering an area of 50,000 mu, most of which are irrigated farmland. Immigrants involved 5 towns and more than 20,000 people.

1958 Before the construction of the reservoir, the Beijing Water Conservancy Survey and Design Institute of the Ministry of Water Resources invited former Soviet Union experts Gureyev and Massoff Kov to assist in exploration and site selection. The southern edge of the initial site selection happened to be the northern edge of today's reservoir, and the whole reservoir moved northward to the mountainous area at the junction of Jingle County and loufan county, which just staggered the former site of Loufan. The site selection of the reservoir should avoid excessive leakage. In order to check the geological conditions, many holes were drilled in this area at that time, and local farmers carried water for irrigation. Several of them conspired to fill one barrel and record it as two barrels to earn more money. But the expert was impressed that the leakage was too fast, so he relocated the site and decided to build the reservoir in Loufan's home and the most fertile field.

It is said that the troublemaker was also sentenced. However, we can't find out who this surname is, when and where it was beaten. The truth may have been forgotten. Li Guocheng, director of loufan county Cultural Relics and Tourism Bureau, expressed his feelings in the book History of Loufan. "Loufan people have made such great contributions and sacrifices. They have deposited a lot of fertile land on both sides of the lower reaches of Fenhe River and irrigated more than10.5 million mu of pasture land in dozens of counties in Jinzhong and Jinnan areas ..." Some people are even more direct. "Loufan's poverty is caused by reservoir construction."

Later, with the strong investment of the provincial and municipal governments, the living and traffic conditions of the villagers here have been greatly improved.

The impact on people may be difficult to assess because of various emotions, but the changes in the environment can be clearly perceived. It is hard for people living now to imagine the mighty Fenhe River. "Sui Shu" contains: In the fourth year of the Great Cause, Emperor Yang Guang of Yang Di set up loufan county and Fenyang Palace. The former site of Fenyang Palace is located in the old city of Loufan. Yang Guang entered the Yellow River from Luoyang, crossed the Fenhe River upstream, and reached Loufan. Every time, thousands of ships sail north against the current. Fenhe River was also one of the main channels of logistics at that time, and Loufan was one of the largest docks. Up to now, there are still village names such as Yanshiya and Xiji on both sides of the strait.

1940 or so, the sediment discharge of Fenhe River gradually increases, and it can't even be used for irrigation. The first dam of Fenhe Reservoir is separated by thousands of miles of flowing water, the surging river, and the already falling river, which is castrated at once. Since the Fenhe Reservoir was built nearly half a century ago, the designed total storage capacity is 72 1 100 million cubic meters, and 372 million cubic meters of sediment has been deposited, and the actual storage capacity is less than half of that when it was first built. Dredging is an almost impossible problem.

From 65438 to 0987, the upper reaches of Fenhe River began to be treated. However, in order to restore the grand occasion of Emperor Yang Di sailing against the current, afforestation and fresh water return may be far from enough.