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Bew is he furh i a series f ra hisries abu Beijig waer, as d A.H. by 52-year-d YueJigxia, a surveyig egieer wih he Beijig Research Isiue f Surveyig ad Desig. YueJigxia was se Fagsha Cuy fr re-educai i he eary 1970s.

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Yue Jingxian (male, 52Yearsold)

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h ary chiy ar f h srig f 1971,afr I fiishd ih grad, I was s wihi sch frids JiayukuViag,

which was Gra Rck Rivr (Da shi he)i Fagsha Cy. or gr f dcadyh w hr iv fr hr yars ad br-dcad.

Gra Rck Rivr was f h mai rivrs ih Fagsha rgi.JiayukuViag, whrI ivd, was ab 40 kimrs frm hsrc f h rivr i tagshagViag. Frmhr, h rivr fwd hrgh may acs:Xiayuigtwshi; h viags fChagcaad Fuzizhuag; h ws ftui, Cheggua,

ad Dudia; ad h liuihergi. Gra Rckh fwd i Hebeirvic ar lucu

Viag bfr jiig h Baigu Rivr adh h Daqigad HaiRivrs, bfr fiayrig h BhaiSa.

Back h, Gra Rck Rivr was i fw ayar rd ad ra h gh f h whcmm, which was mr ha 10 kimrs.

Jiayuku Viage Grea Rck River

ev drig h dry sas i srig, h rivrcid fw ad hr wr y a vryfw, vry shr srchs whr hr wasmch f a fw. I acs whr h war wasshaw, i was s crysa car ha y cd s

h rcky rivr bd. Whr i was d, h warwas mrad gr. Sma fish ad shrim wrvrywhr ad schs f argr fish fid hdr ars f rivr bds.

larg ad sma s, may c,frmd a ag h rivr. W had ass byhm vry day r way ad frm wrk.Sm wr ard fiv mrs d, sm yab w r hr mrs d, b hy wrh siz f a c f baskba crs, s wcd asiy div i hm frm h high rcksard h dg. I was ik his v a hbgiig f srig, ad i wir h swr cvrd wih a hick ayr f ic.

Gra Rck fwd as a h way hShachua Rsrvir. Ag is crs, wr afw srchs f drgrd rivr (h gsf which was ar h Rd Ca Facry), bi brs h srfac agai a Back Drag

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lak (Heigta). th cas said ha i didmar hw ary i h yar i was, h v fwar i Back Drag lak vr drd, adi smmr wh h vm f war srgd,h ak ad h rivr jid frm hgbdy f war. Wh akig ab h smigybmss Back Drag lak, h cas ski mysris rvria s, as if adig a divi siri.

th rivr f day is ik i was hiry yarsag. I hs days i was f f war i hsmmr raiy sas. Afr a rid f havyrai, rrs f war wd cm fdigdw h mais ad h rar f fwigwar vr sd, day r igh, as h rivrhdrd as carryig si ad md ad ics

f rck ad s. or hs was y abhr mrs away frm h rivr, which mad idiffic s asy, yig h kaga igh.th rdci brigad had a w ha was afw mrs d whr w rmay g rwar, b drig h raiy sas i wd bidad. Afr h war rcdd, h viagrssirrd h war i h w ad wh hy xcam draw war afr a fw days i wd bcar agai.

Gra Rck Rivr ra dw a s s hrghr viag ad h crr was fas. Bigazybs w wr ray hay ab his,bcas wh w crssd h rivr r way wrk w cd hrw r diry chs ih war ad wigh hm dw wih rcks.th fas-mvig war washd h chs frs ad h wh w had fiishd wrk fr hday, wd rriv hm ad js hm dry. W washd vryhig ik his, chs,shs ad qi cvrs. W had b sciaycarf crssig h rivr i smmr wh hwar was high. th cas a kw ha if hwar was as yr ks i was dfiiy a gd ida crss. If y s yr fig fra isa, yd b kckd vr immdiayby h frc f h war ad c y wr ih war i was vry diffic g agai.tw yg girs wr sw away i 1975, adi was cmm fr igs ad cws b sw

dwsram. B h v f war cd fa jsas fas, ad dr i js a c f days.

By a accs, Gra Rck Rivr f g agsdd v mr rb ha i was drigh yars w wr hr, accrdig drs dscriis. Hw high did h rivrris? I rmay fwd i h rivr bd, bdrig h raiy sas, i wd smimsacay g vr h s f h his! evry yara h bgiig f srig, a h ab-bdid i Gra Rck Rivr Viag sd damh rivr i ac cach fish. thara war crs was bckd ad ahrig was d s ha as h fish swamdw wih h crr, hyd fw i h .

Wh h dammd ara was rd, ad h

war ra back i is rma ah, h wdb f f fish.

th i h viag wh wr vr 50akd ab h 40s ad 50s wh hy wr

yg. I hs days, hy said, h his bh sids f h rivr wr cvrd i rsad xria vgai, ad h chas-rs1grwig ar h viag wr as a as a ma.thr wr mr ha 100 famiis i h viagh, ard 600 , b i was qi asy

fid gh wd bid a hm. Rafrs cdb fd h ss a ard h viag;fr crssbams y had g frhr i hmais ad fr sr bams ad girdrs

y had g v frhr i, whr hrwr y f rs wih rks vr a mr idiamr.

B by h im I was hr, h vgai wasarady sars. oy grass ad chas-r casgrw h maisid, ad hy wr y yr wais. th si h hisid rracswas y ab 30 cimrs d. If ysd i h viag ad kd a h his admais a sids, y cd s hardy ayrs. I rmmbr ha i hs yars w ivd h rhr ris, ad bhid i hr was a hg

1 the chase-ree caes are used weave

baskes.

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th viagrs said ha bfr w wr hr ih 1970s, hr had b v mr war, hais say, ha h rivr had aways b hr,fwig vr dwwards, hrgh h as100 yars, wh rs had b c dw. Ihad s is disaarac i h as 20

yars. of crs i cd hav b a araccrrc, fr xam if ss rai had fa,r bcas f gba warmig. or bcas f camiig. th viagrs a kw ha War is ashigh as h mais ar.2 th war crssi h mais wr a crad aray, bha chagd c h ca miig c i hmais, irrig h mai srams,s h am f war fw bcam ss adss. Ad mar hw aiy y rad h mais, i was iss. Js h sam

as irrig a rss circai, c isd, has i.

I vr wad r dard g back agai. Isciay did wa driv i h viag.Bid a dam? If hr was war, wha wash i f bidig a dam wa? Wha abh mv ha h viagrs had a b kigfrward ? I had vr f as shckd as Iwas s a ivig rivr disaar i h shrsac f 20 yars. Ad wih i h i viag f

Jiayuku whr w s h brighs yars fr yh!

authors CommentarY

Ahgh Gra Rck Rivr, which is shwsf Bijig, is y 110 kimrs g, i has asigifica r i Bijigs hisry. th rivrfws hrgh h rmais f h ary hmasm a Zhukudia ad ms havb a ar f hir vi. this was whr10,000 yars f Bijigs hisry bga. Y i hsac f 20 yars, Gra Rck Rivr disaard.I is a; hr ar may rivrs i hmais ard Bijig ha shar h sam

2 this meas ha i was easy fid waer i

hse muais i he d days because he muais

were evirmeay iac ad heahy. tha s

eded wih he ca miig.

fa. I rdr srviv, ad i h cmraryway f hikig, his mas i rdr rsr,war is rqird, s ws ar sk, dam wasbi, rivrs dammd, ad caas ar dg. Radsar as cssary, s h mais ar d ad rs fd. th ca is dd, smis ar d ad xid. Ciy dwrswa bidig marias s mais ar bw fr rck, rivrs ar drdgd fr sad, rsigi h siig f aks ad wads rivrswhich rrd hma if ca y rsd his kid f ram by bcmig xic.

th disaarac f Gra Rck Rivr hasaffcd is aqifr; h war ab has drdsigificay. Smims hr is war i hws ad smims hr is. Mr ha haf

h i rivrsid viags hav difficyrvidig drikig war fr hmsvs adhir sck. I 14 viags whr hr ar 3,000hshds r mr, ik Xiayuig, Daasha,Shijiayig, ad najia, a rma if is aradyimssib. Ad wh h raiy sas cms,havy rai cass fds. Rivig h drikigwar crisis fr grs f i lakQiggw has bcm a imra im h ca gvrms agda.

mYhomeand Water: a PeoPles aCCount

Bijig, c fams fr is sw srig warad car-fwig rivrs is w ifams fris d caas ad drid rivrbds. MyHme ad Waer: A pees Accurvids arar csrd gims f if ad war i haci caia f Bijig ad srrdig aras as d by gim rsids.

trasai, diig ad i bicai fh sris by Chis ahr Dai Qig ad prbIraia has b mad ssib by fdigfrm h Fdai o Sciy Isi(Zg). Fr mr ifrmai, cac prbIraia a if@rbiraia.rg