黄河--中的母亲河.docVIP

The Yellow River—China’s mother river 黄河—中国的母亲河 In human history, many ancient and splendid civilizations were born and died. China is the only country with uninterrupted human civilization. 在人类历史中，许多古老的灿烂文化在新生和消逝。而中国是唯一一个人类文化未断层的国家。 Chinese civilization was born on the shores of the Yellow River in 2800 BC. And the fertile land where Chinese civilization began is Henan province. The yellow river traverses central Henan. It is China’s main north-to-south and east-to-west artery. China’s most ancient tribal leaders the Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor were born here. Even today, Chinese people all over the world still call each other the descendants of those two emperors. 中华文化产生于公元前2800年的黄河流域—正是在土壤肥沃的河南省。黄河是中国南北、东西河流的主流，横穿河南省中部。中国最古老的部落首领黄帝和炎帝就出生在这儿。甚至到今天，世界上的华人仍称他们为“炎黄子孙”。 The magnificent river holds an unshakable position in the heart of every Chinese, worshiped by every generation and called “the mother river”. With wit, diligence, and tenacity, Chinese descendants pursue co-existence and common prosperity on this land. The 5000 km Yellow River breaks into the broad plain, forming the cradle of Chinese civilization. 黄河在每个中华儿女的心里有着不可动摇的地位，世代被称为“母亲河”。在这块土地上，顽强、智慧、勤劳的中华儿女追求共生，共富。 五千公里的黄河冲破了最后一道屏障，涌进了大平原，形成了中华文明的摇篮。 With 2000 years history, the Yellow River has nourished 13 dynasties’ capital Luoyang, ten dynasties’ capital Kaifeng and the biggest economic center in its basin—Zhengzhou. In the long history of China, there were 20 dynasties, over 200 emperors built or moved their capital here, this lasted for over 3200 years. 在2000多年的历史中，黄河孕育出了洛阳—曾有13个王朝定都于此；开封—曾有10个王朝定都于此；以及郑州—本盆地最大的经济中心。在中国悠久的历史中，共有20个王朝，200多个皇帝定都或迁都于此，这种情况持续了3200多年。 That left many valuable cultural relics in Henan, three of them are listed as world cultural heritage sites, including “the Center of Heaven and Earth”, the Longmen Grottoes, and Yin Dynasty Ruin. 因此，在河南省留下了许多有价值的文化遗迹，其中“天地之中”“龙门石窟”“殷墟”名列世界文化遗产名录。 In ancient Chinese cosmology, China was regarded as the center of the heaven and earth, a