Residents in the Town in Xiao Xi Yang Xu in the home wall, paddled two red water level: 2004 flood rose to 23.38 meters; in 2007 is 24.1 meters. Official figures this year's floods, the water level 25.81 meters.
The rare large floods in the summer, this town houses more than 400 households were flooded on the second floor, not even the top, but only one person in the house collapses. How has the secret behind this?
"Zhi Guang new state" on the record several Kwong River drainage within the flood occurred, of which twenty-seven years, especially the late Qing dynasty (1847) DingWei a fall on August 14 the most intense, the paper describes: "Night See middle of the river from Jiao, head, such as red, winding down, "flood" did not float free housing for people and livestock operators, on the 15th regressive, complex up on the 18th, five feet lower than before. "
July 26, for a whole afternoon, Xiao Guang City, Guang Xi District, Xian-town residents have breathed fresh low stool to sit on, immersed in the memory. Nie Hua Bi Momo his wife sitting side before disaster traces everywhere ... ...
Xian-light recall on July 18, the just over 20 hours, the town streets began to water, then water grow into a monster, a river town will be swallowed in the mouth Shaw, and then spit out. Between entering and exiting the town still, but many people in the family property disappear!
Couple in front of the light Yang Xian, the ancient town noisy with: high-pressure water jets to the tremendous noise, a huge column of water is flushing the town's room one by one, spray mist round and round inside the jet, issued a sharp smell of disinfectant ... ... 8 days passed, even though the sludge has been basically cleared, but the flying eaves of garbage, mud lantern on the left, are declared with here have just gone through a huge disaster.
Xian-light look back past the excitement. At that time, tourists,.
This is a result of water born vessels
It found that an average of 60 years, floods in 10 years time, six years, an average of 2 years time, and increasing
60-year-old Xian-light, is a native of Shaw Town, he knew the history of Shaw Creek.
Shaw River is named, is said to be Ming and Qing Dynasties, "Hubei and Hunan to Sichuan", there Xiao surname immigrants settled in this building houses, set up shop in business, the town side of the stream changed its name to the Xiao River, named after the town of Shaw Town. Earlier, there had called Dragon Island, dates back to 1000 years of history.
The closest relationship with Shaw River is river channel. Drainage River is the largest tributary of the Jialing River, which Micang from the south of the junction of Sichuan and Shaanxi Tang Chu, gathered along the way the public river, roaring from the mountains in the south. However, the northernmost one to Xiao Guang Xi, terrain slows, the river rapids are also slowing down, so ships were docked upstream opportunities.
In this way, Shaw River water from a pier gradually developed into a small town, had its peak during the Ming and Qing moment. In recent decades, the town cultural center, according to Webmaster Deming recalled that in his childhood, almost every day, dozens of boats docked in the river outside the town, summer water, large, or even hundreds of boat end to end.
So, Shaw is due to water born town, because boat and Xing. Of course, many people might not notice, is the town's appearance "(" like, like the sea of a ship.
In most of the time, Shaw Town, next to the river flowing through the pipes, the gentle kind, but it also has an oppressive time. Sudden summer storm, tens of thousands of square kilometers of land drainage river water import, and then from the north down the mountain in the Pentium, the time until the Da Xiao Xi, Jiang Liu diffuse to the two sides are common. According to local historical records, the town has experienced numerous floods.
In the 64-year-old town resident Deng Li into the memory, 60 years Qujiang at least used to have six times the flood, on average every 10 years, "1954, 1975, 1984 ... ..." But the largest concentration of floods, to number of these in 2067.
Yang Xu of the residents home wall, paddled two on clear red water level. Following a read: 2004: 23.38 m, above a written: July 7, 2007: 24.1 meters.
Water lines are painted on the wall, on the flood of memories are engraved in the center Yang Xu: 2004, flood comes, they will move to the second floor of his home, flooding the first floor only to make a transfer from the left, leaving only under a pile of mud; 2007, they moved again to what the second floor, stand in the bed, flooding the second floor of Building I in the probe of the probe. Earlier times, though, also made the flood, but basically in the street "casual born," even over a road, and because of the curb stone and the umbrella high stool, a small town's residents rarely flood when the one thing children.
But this year's July 18, shout at the Flood. At 8 o'clock on the 18th, the town streets began to water, then water level rising, starting from the most forecast rose to 25.81 m 18.8 m has been not only higher than the the curb and into the first floor, Man on the two floor, and finally on the roof. At this point, all the property of the town residents are on the second floor, while downstairs the whole channel block by the flood, people only watched a street property with the water gone.
This is a fear of water vessels
Dense streets, numerous windows, flooding the town to provide access to adequate access; Chuandou structure and coated with tung oil column, is the perfect boat details
Serious flooding this summer, Shaw Town 460 people on the streets more than 1000 large and small houses drowned by the flood, but only one person's housing collapse, which have to say is a huge miracle. Therefore, from the whole, the main town has not been seriously damaged, washed over, residents can go on living.
"Miracles of wisdom." Interview with reporters a look Deming, understanding the town's flood wisdom.
Standing behind the hills on the town, overlooking the whole town, it was a curved peninsula, the Ming and Qing town houses along the hundreds of sets of the "(" type arranged in two rows, the middle of a spacious, to the ends of gradually narrowed to form a very rare "land boat" structure of the buildings. the whole town and the environment, taken together, the town is like a river park in the huge drainage vessels, ready to sailing. can be said the town's entire form, with the local culture is the same strain water pier.
"How can ship afraid of water? Re not afraid of big water." Appears in the De-Ming Yang, Xiao Town, the reason the ancients designed as a land boat-like shape, is to "water", "Boat" harmony between the energy, taking into account the water can capsize a boat "double personality", the ancients also the internal structure of the boat was a clever design.
Between two rows of houses, is twenty feet to a wide blue flagstone paved streets, with houses on both sides of the street 45 meters wide and under the eaves, the channel wide and three Si Zhang, from north to south, these cities through. "This is equivalent to a huge cabin." Deming said, and truly different cabin, the cabin is not only water, but also water, because the whole street from north to south, once the influx of water soon flow from the south go, and will not stay in the cabin, let the hull sank.
"More secret in the 'ship' on." Deming's line will be pulled close to the river of a row of houses, when reporters found that every household here is not the intimacy between, but separated by a about one meter wide, a small alley, only one person passed. "This is not just one channel, is also a water channel." Channel up river water, the flood into the street through the small alley and then take advantage of the opportunity flow, and thus will not cause harm to the housing. If not these small roadway, flooding can not be freely between the town, then the pressure of the flood would directly swat in the housing wall, will overwhelm the room.
Number of 10 lanes, plus a street, it was like a big tube row of small tubes connected together to flood out of town offers a huge and complete access. In order to maintain their smooth, the town has always been an unwritten rule, in any case can not plug the lane, not a pile of debris.
"To remain adequate flood channel, it can smoothly to smoothly go, do not go Yingdang." Deming said, when the ancient town in the design and construction, as adopted this idea, so, for thousands of years Flood did not bring much harm to the town.
"'Ship' structure and materials are also crucial." Deming reminded reporters. After careful observation, the reporter found more than a small town house windows, the windows of the houses not only from east to west, but also north-south, a family often has 78 upstairs, downstairs windows. "This is also a channel for the floods to stay." Deming said that this is the window open as long as the house is generally no problem, if the scruples of the property houses the doors and windows closed, and most houses will be scattered back room.
"There is also a factor, a small town all the houses are Chuandou structure." Deming told reporters, with adobe houses in rural areas in general, this ancient "frame" housing, not only resistance to brew, and able to earthquake action.
"Materials are very particular about." Deming said, town houses built of wood commonly used, but to resist the flood of immersion, many years ago, local people had on the beams and other important parts were embalmed through the application tung oil and so on, in its package of a waterproof outer layer. Therefore, the flood water, although most of the housing bubble in more than 20 hours, but were unharmed.
There are those who do not abide by boat people fleeing
The center of town had two move, there is always more than 400 families who remain in place, quickly washed out after each flood silt, so ancient town has maintained an infinite vitality
"He is the most stubborn people!" Interview, pointing to a local cadres under the eaves of the old man, a being washed furniture, said the flood when starting up, keep the person has been unwilling in their own house out, until 19 am, the flood has risen to close to the roof, and thanks to the armed police assault boat ride, the roof tiles tore off, abruptly pulled him out from the house.
He is the old town residents Shaw, 69-year-old Long was making. 19 pm, the flood has just retired, he opened go to work, first wash the mud room, and then is a piece of furniture left out red.
And the dragon was the same policy, the face of floods, all residents of the town showed a strong will. The largest flood peak just in the past, town residents reversed almost all of their home, washing mud, spray disinfectant, cleaning furniture. Until July 26, reporters rushed to the town, the entire town is still going on cleaning up the streets on both sides of town, full of split to pieces of household appliances, at first glance, as if to open dozens of Like a home appliance repair shop.
After the flood, the local township government quickly to higher ground dozens of tents erected to provide housing to everyone, however, when the reporter arrived here, they will have found that dozens of tents in the empty, almost all All the residents to the streets, the flood relief to the.
Floods recede in the town just on, and everywhere life is full of vitality. As in the past 100 years, the center of town moved twice, but all intact its prosperity.
It is understood that the oldest part of town mostly built in the Ming and Qing. Because of frequent flooding of the interference Street, in 1921 the local gentry Lingong Ting, Yang began to dry mountain terrain is higher in the first housing Street north, and gradually formed a scale, has grown to more than 100 households.
In 1993, the local government to avoid the floods, to move again, to government agencies, hospitals and schools to move to the Ming and Qing Street on the back of a hills, where Shaw has become the heart of town.
Xiao Qing River Streets, as no new construction repair overhaul, which retained the original appearance. Greets, everywhere is built decades or even a hundred years ago, all wooden Chuan Dou-style tile-roofed house, Xiong Kailian house walls, and even keep clear "the people of Shaw River site" message ... ...
Forgotten by the time Shaw River town, as beautiful and original style, popular in recent years, tourism has gradually become the object of lively town every day, Yang Xu middle-man business has changed for the better day by day.
Long was making very clear the value of town. He said that from the Guang Xiao River City, there are six 70 km, is the most remote areas throughout the Guang'an a township, if there is no real streets, why should foreigners to drive an hour to run so far away from? To this end, he expects the town to retain the ability to go on, not just walk away.
Xu Yang told reporters, we are planning the next step is to find a way to higher ground in the town of two parts, the installation of a high-powered searchlights, the next flood hit, the ability to light up the whole town, they can overnight rescue of the.
In fact, not a searchlight lighting the town, but they stick to these people. Source: Sichuan Daily
