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The cradle of the Chinese nation - the Yellow River mother

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The Yellow River is the second longest in China and the fifth longest in the world. The Yellow River originates from the Bayankala Mountain on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and flows from west to east through nine provinces and autonomous regions of Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong. The Yellow River is sometimes calm and sometimes surging, and flows into the Bohai Sea in Shandong. If viewed from the air, the Yellow River is a "several" shape, which is also the image of a "dragon" shape. From this point of view, the Chinese nation as the descendants of the dragon, is not very appropriate?CXMSilk Road Adventure & Private Tours - Silk Road China Tours

 The length of the Yellow River is about 5,464 kilometers, with a drainage area of about 795,000 square kilometers. The Yellow River collects 35 main tributaries along the way, the larger tributaries are Huangshui, Taohe, Qingshui River, Fenhe, Wei River, Qin River, Yi River, Luo River, etc., these rivers are also many of us who do not live beside the Yellow River home river. The land through which the Yellow River flows is also the most important cradle of Chinese civilization, so it is called the "Mother River" by the Chinese people.CXMSilk Road Adventure & Private Tours - Silk Road China Tours

The Yellow River, which has nurtured and nourished Chinese civilization, in the form of a rotating water wheel on the bank of the Yellow River in Lanzhou, highlights the splendid culture and the wisdom of human survival that began from the Yellow River. Water is the source of life. Every drop of water drawn by the Yellow River water wheel is a gratitude to the Yellow River for feeding all things and nourishing life.CXMSilk Road Adventure & Private Tours - Silk Road China Tours

Mother of the Yellow River, the most symbolic urban sculpture in Lanzhou, is located on the south bank of the Yellow River in Binhe Middle Road, Lanzhou City, and on the north side of Xiaoxihu Park. The sculpture, which is 6 meters long, 2.2 meters wide and 2.6 meters high, is made of granite and weighs more than 40 tons.CXMSilk Road Adventure & Private Tours - Silk Road China Tours

The Yellow River Mother sculpture consists of a young mother and a baby. Mother tall symmetrical body, beautiful curves, natural expression, kind, smiling, wet hair like just washed in the Yellow River water, mother's right arm slightly curved, supine in the background of the Yellow River waves. The mother snuggled up to a naked baby on the right side, with her head slightly to the left and a smile on her face, which looked especially lively and cute. Seriously, does any of us feel like this baby is who we used to be?CXMSilk Road Adventure & Private Tours - Silk Road China Tours

The composition of the Yellow River Mother sculpture has a profound meaning, symbolizing the mother of the Yellow River feeding the spirit of the Chinese nation. There are water ripples and fish pattern carved on the base of the statue. A large number of fish pattern painted pottery has been unearthed in Gansu Province. As the material evidence of the remains of human ancient life, the painted pottery pattern reveals the life scenes of the ancestors living in the Yellow River Valley since ancient times.CXMSilk Road Adventure & Private Tours - Silk Road China Tours

The sculpture of the Yellow River mother has high artistic value, and has become a must-punch place for guests to visit Lanzhou, and has also become a city business card of Lanzhou. The sculpture of the Yellow River Mother was created by the famous female sculptor He E. The monument in front of the Yellow River Mother sculpture was erected by the national youth summer camp in August 1984: "Dedicated to the cradle of the Chinese nation - the Yellow River Mother".CXMSilk Road Adventure & Private Tours - Silk Road China Tours