Historical causes of Xiaolangdi scenic spot on the Yellow River in Luoyang

Xiaolangdi water control project is a key project for harnessing and developing the Yellow River, which belongs to the national key project during the Eighth Five-Year Plan. The project was intercepted on 1997 and ended on 200 1. Xiaolangdi is located on the main stream of the Yellow River, 40km north of Luoyang, Henan, 30km away from Sanmenxia Reservoir 130km away from Zhengzhou Huayuankou 1 15km away. It is the only control project below Sanmenxia in the main stream of the Yellow River that can obtain large storage capacity.

Xiaolangdi Reservoir is located in the Shanxi-Henan Yellow River Gorge which passes through Zhongtiao Mountain and Wuwang Mountain. The total length of the reservoir area is1.30km, with a total area of 278km2. After the closure of Xiaolangdi Dam, more than 20 scenic spots such as jinyu Yellow River Gorge and Boya, Hong Yashan and Huang Lu in the reservoir area complement each other with the majestic reservoir dam, forming a natural landscape of lakes and mountains, dotted with thousands of islands, and "high gorge flowing out of Pinghu", making Xiaolangdi Reservoir a large-scale tourist area composed of natural scenery and water conservancy projects.