Dayu’s spirit of water control was the spirit of forgetting selfish interests, putting the nation first, putting the people first, and scientific innovation. In the process of water control, Dayu relied on hard work, taking advantage of the situation, scientific water control, and people-oriented concepts to overcome many difficulties and finally achieved success in water control.

As the ancestor of flood control, Yu not only benefited the people with his achievements in water control and passed on his experience in water control to future generations, but also shone for generations with his spirit of water control, accumulating special spiritual wealth for the Chinese nation and giving birth to a unique nation. temperament.

A brief introduction to the story of Dayu’s flood control.

Legend has it that during the reign of Emperor Yao, floods often occurred and the people were displaced and miserable. In order to stop the flooding, Emperor Yao convened a meeting of tribal leaders to recruit experts in flood control to quell the water damage. Grandfather was recommended for the job. After Gun accepted the task, he used embankments to block the water and built the city of Sanren. He used simple embankments to surround the residential area to block the flood. He failed for nine years and was eventually exiled to Yushan and died.

After Emperor Shun succeeded to the throne, he appointed Gun's son Dayu to control the floods. Yu was the grandson of Zhuanxu and the son of Gun. His surname was Si and his name was Wenming. He was also a descendant of the Yellow Emperor. Dayu summarized his father's experience in water control and the reasons for failure, and formulated a practical plan: on the one hand, strengthen and continue to build dams, on the other hand, use "drainage" methods to eradicate floods.