Putou Waterfall-Smoking at the bottom

Water and fire never compatible, how can the water be smoke? People who have never reached Hugukou Waterfall will not understand. Looking at Huangguoshu Waterfall and Lushan Falls, the first thing people see is water, and how water falls from high places. When you come to Hugukou Waterfall, you are not the same. Dozens of miles away, I see that in the river grooves in the canyon, a cloud of clouds rose, steamed clouds, and stubborn, such as the sides of the border in the Han Dynasty. , Floating with the wind, like a fairy scene. Recently, I saw the golden waves overflowing, and the water was foggy, like smoke, lingering. In fact, this is because the Yellow River rushes from the Qin and Jin Gorge. It suddenly narrowed from more than 400 meters to more than 20 meters through the water surface of the Hugou, and suddenly fell into the pot mouth of more than 60 meters deep at a impact of 1,000 cubic meters per second. The gorge, the huge river water shocking the river slot, stirred the fog of tens of meters high. Looking at it from a distance, it was like the Baiyun falls into the valley, and the smoke was clear to the bottom of the water. Ancient poems: "Receive Qianhe water and release a half of the clouds", which refers to this thousand ancient scenery.

There is also a legend that the smoke from the bottom of the water is a dragon palace under the mouth of the pot, and the immortality in the dragon palace lingers. Is there a Dragon Palace under the Houkou Waterfall? Almost all the local people will tell a story. It was said that a long time ago, there were some village households on the shore of the Houkou Waterfall. One day, a boy named Dragon went to the waterfall and played. Suddenly, the yellow water of the past became clear, and the flowing river water stopped flowing. A golden palace was appeared behind the water curtain of the waterfall. The dragon climbing down the stone bank of the dragon slot, the dragon gate inlaid with jewelry shone the golden light of the road. The dragon palace was full of gold and silver jewelry, which could not be opened. At this time, a big official wearing a crown, wearing a crown, wearing a dragon robe and a waist tie. Dragons carefully thought that the portrait of the dragon king posted on the wall was exactly the same. Long Yan hurried forward and scratched his head, and the Dragon King led him to eat the mountains and sea flavor. After that, the Dragon King said: "I helped Yu Shen to treat the water and set an immortal merit. People respect me, but there is no place for my incense. Please build a temple for me. What do you think?" Essence The Dragon King brought him enough gold and silver jewelry to send it out of the Dragon Palace. Later, Long Yan passed the champion and became a big official, and according to the instructions of the Dragon King, the magnificent Dragon King Temple was repaired on the hillside on the west bank of the Houkou, and it was booming here. In order to commemorate the dragon, later generations named it here.

In the final analysis, these words are respect for dragons. Therefore, the Houkou Waterfall, the Yichuan people are called the dragon king. It is not surprising that the carp leaps the dragon gate. Although these legends have been circulating for thousands of years, no one said whether there are Dragon Palace under the Houkou Waterfall. Since the 7th year of the Sui Dynasty, the Yellow River has been exhausted dozens of times, and the mouth of the pot has also shown its bottom, but it is short time and no one has written down. Until May 15th to June 3rd, 1981, the Yellow River water was almost dried up. One day, Zhang Baosheng and Zhang Fushan, the villagers of Zhongshi Village, Wencheng Township, Ji County, passed the mouth of the pot and found that there was a stone gorge under the turbulent waterfall. It looks like a stone cave. Based on the proficient water nature, the two of them risked to climb down and climbed into the stone cave. There is a clear water pool at the bottom of the gorge, the carp in the pool jumps, the big ruler is promising, and the small is seven or eight. The two used pants for pockets and captured fifty or sixty. This discovery denied the myth of the Dragon Palace, but it also confirmed that carps would gather under the mouth of the pot.

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