Wubei Zhi (Vol. 60)

Three Mountains
Fortune Mountain Cai Shan

The excavation of Fortune Mountain has been completely leveled. The "Pavilion of Returning Waves" was constructed upon it, along with a single branch river. The full extent of the Xuzhou Rapids.

One-third of the water flows out here.

The South Bank Remote Dike YaodiA secondary, outer dike built further back from the riverbank to provide a final line of defense against major floods. begins from—

—the Temple. This south bank frequently breached at places like Fang Village and Qutouji. Every time a breach occurred, the local populace suffered greatly?.

—the starting point at Xuzhou.

Heaven
Earth
Dark
Yellow
Space
Time
These six characters—Tian, Di, Xuan, Huang, Yu, Zhou—are the opening words of the Thousand Character Classic. In Chinese engineering and archival systems, they were used as serial markers to label specific sections of a dike or project, similar to using 'Section A, B, C'.

Tushan Temple
Camel Mountain
East Bank Station
Zifang Mountain Named after Zhang Liang, the Han Dynasty statesman whose courtesy name was Zifang.
Temple Mountain
Qinliang Mountain
Henshi Ditch
Long Mountain
Chilan Village
Fan Family Shop

The newly constructed Remote Dike follows the precedent of the dams at Cuizhen. A stone overflow dam Rolling Water DamGunshui ba: a low-weir masonry dam designed to allow excess floodwater to spill over its crest safely once a certain level is reached. was built here to allow the water to discharge freely whenever it rises.

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