The Great Yu controlled the floods and benefited the world, and his footprints were everywhere. On the morning of April 19, Shaoxing Municipal People’s Government and the Water Conservancy History Research Association of the Chinese Hydraulic Engineering Society jointly launched the preparation of the “East Asia Yu Trace Map”, which means that the “Shaoxing Yu Trace Map” will continue to extend, start to go abroad, and become another golden card of Shaoxing, the “Capital of East Asian Culture”. Causing a strong response. The early compilation of the “Map of Chinese Yu Traces” and “Map of East Asian Yu Traces” has become a consensus among research institutions and insightful individuals of the Great Yu culture in China and even relevant East Asian countries.
It is understood that the Dayu culture spread to countries such as Japan around the 5th century AD through Confucian classics such as the Analects of Confucius. About 1500 years ago, Japan followed the example of the Great Yu in managing floods and achieved remarkable results. In 1989, the “Heisei” year name used in Japan was taken from the “Heisei” in the “Book of the Grand Historian: Great Yu Mo”. It has become a common custom in Japan to worship and worship the Great Yu. He Junjie, Deputy Minister of the Propaganda Department of the Shaoxing Municipal Party Committee and Director of the Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, and Tourism, said that in 2017, there were a total of 132 Yuji sites in Japan, and now there are 153. In places such as South Korea and North Korea, there are also traces of respect for Da Yu. In recent years, there has been an increasing frequency of exchanges and mutual learning between China, Asian countries, and even other countries regarding the culture of the Great Yu, which has played a positive role in historical archaeology, friendship and integration, and research tourism. The purpose of launching the compilation of the “East Asian Yu Traces Map” is to interpret the culture of the Great Yu, spread the spirit of the Great Yu, and make the culture of the Great Yu a symbol of international culture.
On the same day, the President of the Japanese Water God Yuwang Research Association, Yoshihiro Kimura, expressed appreciation and congratulations on the launch of the compilation of the “East Asian Yuji Map” through a video. He said that the Water God Yu Wang Research Association has been investigating and studying the Yu traces in Japan for over 10 years, and has confirmed a total of 153 Yu traces in Japan.
Tan Qiming, president of the Water Conservancy History Research Association of the Chinese Hydraulic Engineering Society, said that the history of Yuji actually represents the history of the origin of Chinese civilization. Dayu’s water control strategy is the basis of the natural view in historical periods. Dredging became a cultural symbol of Dayu’s flood control, influencing his two thousand year flood control ideology. Dayu’s character of selflessness, enterprising dedication, and selflessness in governing the floods infused into the cultural genes of the Chinese nation. Dayu nurtured the national cultural genes. The purpose of compiling the “Map of Yu Traces in East Asia” is to better spread the culture of the Great Yu.
Feng Jianrong, Vice Chairman of the Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and Director of the Municipal Museum of Culture and History, said that Dayu culture is the common language of the Chinese national community, the common language of the community with a shared future for mankind, and the common language of the community with a shared future for humans and nature. Today, the compilation of the “Map of Yu’s Traces in East Asia” is for the purpose of depicting the Great Yu.The finishing touch of a common language is an immeasurable feat. It is necessary to maximize the search for the traces of Yu in East Asia and make them a good thing that benefits the whole world.