長河尋根

圖／視覺中國

著名歷史地理學家鄒逸麟在其著作《千古黃河》中寫到，早先的黃河流域氣候溫暖濕潤、森林茂盛、水草豐美，大約在舊石器時代，這里便已經有了遠古人類活動的蹤跡。黃河的古代文化遺存幾乎遍及整個流域，實證了中國百萬年人類史、萬年文化史和五千多年文明史發展歷程。

文明在黃河流域一次次積累、沉淀并前行。文字靜默，文物無言，卻都在為我們訴說著黃河與我們這個民族的根與魂。而黃河，從來不炫耀她的歷史，她日復一日，向東奔流。

As noted by the historian and geographer Zou Yilin in his bookThe Yellow River over 2,000 Years,the Yellow River Basin featured a warm and humid climate, lush forests, and plentiful water and grasses in its early years, and traces of human activities dating back to the Paleolithic Age can be found here. The ancient cultural remains of the Yellow River can be found in almost the entire basin, which is a living testimony to China’s human history of millions of years, cultural history of tens of thousands of years, and civilization history of more than 5,000 years.

Civilization accumulates, deposits, and advances continuously in the Yellow River Basin. Much as they are mute and silent, the words and cultural relics are describing the roots and soul of the Yellow River and our nation to us. And the Yellow River flows to the east day after day while never flaunting its history.