Instead of putting in more drainage pipes, building flood walls and channeling rivers between concrete embankments, which is the usual approach to managing water, Yu wants to dissipate the ...

It's said the flood looked ... of decades, Yu organized a dredging campaign, dug channels that would carry the water back to its source, and pioneered a tradition of great Chinese public works.

The science behind the legend This is the first scientific evidence of not only the Great Flood, but the existence of Yu and the Xia dynasty itself. The only records of the Xia and the Great Flood ...

According to those traditions, a legendary hero, Yu the Great, received a divine mandate that allowed him to tame the flood waters. After he led a large-scale dredging operation, Yu established ...

According to Chinese legend, Emperor Yu gained notoriety through his handling of the country's Great Flood. By dredging the destructive floodwaters, he tamed them, "earning him the divine mandate ...

The hero of China's Great Flood was the legendary ruler "Yu The Great," who worked tirelessly to control the waterway with the help of a Yellow Dragon and a Black Turtle. His successful efforts to ...

Ancient Chinese tales and writings about a massive flood of the Yellow River that led to civilization’s rise in East Asia appear to hold water, researchers say. A section of the Yellow River ...