“度九山”:夏禹传说的农耕开发史解读

夏禹的功业 ,据说开辟了黄河流域迈向文明的道路。而“决江浚河”、“疏河决江”一类传说 ,其实多有夸张。当时农业的进步 ,可能主要体现于山地农田的垦辟。人们离开河滨 ,走向山林 ,避免了洪水的威胁 ,也开拓了更广阔的经济发展空间。在这样的历史过程中 ,凿井技术的发明有重要的意义

Farming exploiting history of Yu of the Xia Dynasty in the legend

Yu of the Xia Dynasty exploited the road towards civilization in the Huanghe River Basin. The legend of dredging and controlling rivers is exaggeration in fact. Opening up mountain region farmland reflected the agricultural development at that time. People left rivers, moved to mountain forests, so that they avoided the threat of the flood and opened up the space of wider economic development. In such a historical course, the invention of digging well had important meaning.