【Chinese Historical Stories】Who Saved Us From the Flooding? - 大禹治洪水 | Episode 5

Dayu controlled floods long long ago The God of Fire and the God of Water had a fight Bang The water god accidentally made a big hole in the sky The water from the sky falls to the earth with a splash Flooding can cause misery to people Emperor Yao, the leader of the human world We hired an engineer named丨 Let me figure out how to deal with the flooding problem 丨I decided to borrow a magic item from the Emperor of Heaven first. This magic item Can create a lot of soil I want to use it to build a very tall earth wall. Prevent water from entering But God is not willing to lend it I thought of the poor people anxiously Just when the heavenly soldiers are not paying attention I just stole this magic item. The one who stole the magic props丨 Escape back to the world in a hurry Just scatter the magic tools around the river Turned into a tall city wall to protect the people If the water tent is high, he will spread it again day after day The earthen wall is getting higher and higher Finally one day The Emperor found out His magic props were stolen So the Emperor of Heaven immediately sent someone Got the magic props back In this case, there is no way to increase the height of the earthen wall. So the flood rushed in people run run Escape Guan was also driven to a mountain far, far away. many years have passed The flood situation is still very serious What happens after the new leader Emperor Shun takes over? He ordered his son Yu to control the flood. At the beginning Yu kept raising the earth walls Want to stop the flood But the earth wall can't stop the flood at all. So when it rains, it starts to observe the river He ran to the east Look at the distance between the river and the sea Run to the west again Look how high the mountain is The rain took a long, long time Walked many, many roads There are blisters on Yu’s feet. Dig and dig with orders Make the river bigger and wider Also let people dig out small rivers Lianxiang Dahe Let the big river flow into the sea again Rain finally solved the flood problem People don’t have to worry about floods flooding their houses Instead, river water can be used to grow crops. What about dry fish farming? Make people's lives better Everyone is very grateful to Yu for helping them solve their difficulties So he respectfully addressed Yu as Dayu.