Brief Introduction of Hongqi Canal in Linxian County, Henan Province

Hongqi Canal, located in Linzhou City, Anyang City, Henan Province, is a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction and a national key cultural relics protection unit, and is known as "the eighth wonder of the world".

Hongqi Canal is a project built from the waist of Taihang Mountain by people in Linxian County (now Linzhou City) in 1960s. It is called "Artificial Tianhe".

The Hongqi Canal Project 1960 started in February, and the auxiliary canal project 1969 was fully completed in July, which lasted nearly ten years. Project * * * leveled 1250 hill, erected 15 1 aqueduct, excavated 2 1 1 tunnel, built 12408 building, and excavated 22.25 million cubic meters of earth and stone. The total length of the main canal of Hongqi Canal is 70.6 kilometers.

According to calculation, if these earth-rock barriers are built into walls with a height of 2 meters and a width of 3 meters, they can run through the north and south of the motherland, bypass Beijing and connect Guangzhou and Harbin.

The total cost of Hongqi Canal is 56 1 10000. Total investment125.04 million yuan, including 46.25 million yuan invested by the state, accounting for 37%, and 78.78 million yuan invested by social teams, accounting for 63%. The masses participated in 70 thousand people. During the 10 years since the construction of the Hongqi Canal, 8 1 cadres and masses have given their precious lives. The oldest is 63 years old and the youngest is only 17 years old.

During the period of 10 when the Hongqi Canal was built, many heroes emerged. Wu Zutai, the chief designer of Hongqi Canal, went over the mountains and made a field trip after receiving the design task of Hongqi Canal.

During this period, he experienced great changes from his mother's death to his wife's saving lives. He still didn't stop working and insisted on the first line of the construction of Hongqi Canal. 1on the afternoon of March 28th, 960, Wu Zutai heard that the cracks on the roof of Wangjiazhuang Tunnel had fallen off seriously, so he went deep into the tunnel to check the danger. Unfortunately, he was hit by a boulder falling from the roof, which killed him at the age of 27.