Flood Control Monument

You can take bus No.68 or No.30 to Binjiang Park Station, or take bus no.608 or no.801 to Yiyuan Road station, and walk 200 meters to the riverside

Flood Control Monument

The flood control monument, built in 1969, is a monument to "Comrade Mao Zedong's inscription for Wuhan people's victory over the 1954 flood". The monument is located on the riverbank of Hankou Riverside Park in Wuhan, facing the river, covering an area of 1160 square meters. The platform is 4.9 meters high, with large steps on both sides and front, surrounded by guardrails. The monument is 37 meters tall, with a diameter of 1.8 meters on the top. It is decorated with red silk and sunflowers surrounded by the pattern of Tiananmen Square. The front of the stele is inlaid with ivory marble. On it is Mao Zedong's autograph made of gold-plated aluminum plate: "to celebrate the victory of the people of Wuhan over the flood in 1954, we should also be prepared to overcome the same serious flood that may occur in the future." Mao Zedong's head is also embedded on the red tile above the inscription. The front of the base is engraved with Mao Zedong's poem "water melody. Swimming", and the left and right sides are large relief sculptures of Wuhan people's flood fighting and rescue, with complete composition, vivid shape and magnificent momentum. In 1983, Wuhan Municipal People's government announced it as a municipal cultural relics protection unit.

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Wuhan Flood Control Monument

In 1954, a torrential rain and flood occurred in the Yangtze River Basin. Under the correct leadership of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, the Hubei provincial Party committee and the Hubei provincial government have made specific deployment and command. After a hundred days of arduous struggle, millions of soldiers and civilians have taken a series of effective measures, such as distributing and storing excess flood in Jingjiang Flood Diversion Area. Finally, they have conquered the dangerous flood peaks again and again, protected the safety of Jingjiang levee, Hanbei levee, Wuhan and Huangshi levee, and ensured the safety of the main levees It has ensured the safety of the main artery of the Beijing Guangzhou railway, safeguarded the lives and property of the broad masses of the people, and created a miracle to overcome the extraordinarily serious natural disasters under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, relying on the superior socialist system and the great strength of the people. This historic feat not only has a far-reaching influence in the history of flood control, but also provides valuable experience for flood control. The construction of Jingjiang Flood Diversion Project is an important material basis for overcoming the great flood; the party's strong leadership and centralized and unified command are the key to victory; the application of science and technology is an important factor for overcoming the great flood; strict organization and discipline and the spirit of fighting are the guarantee for overcoming the great flood. After conquering the flood, Chairman Mao happily wrote an inscription: "congratulating the people of Wuhan for conquering the flood in 1954, and preparing to overcome the same serious flood that may occur in the future." The principle of flood control based on flood prevention is put forward and the expectation is high.

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1954 Wuhan military and civilian flood fighting

In 1954, Wuhan city was hit by a huge flood. The water level of wuhanguan reached 29.73 meters, and the peak flow was 76100 cubic meters per second, which was the highest since the hydrological records in 1865. Its water level was 2.84 meters higher than the levee breaking water level in 1931, and its flood volume was 10 times of the total flood volume of the Yellow River, Huaihe River and Haihe River. At that time, just after the founding of new China, there was a lot of waste waiting to be revived. The 136 kilometers of dykes left by the old society were incomplete. The good height was only 29 meters, and the poor was only 26 meters. Wuhan was facing a very serious historical moment. The Party Central Committee is extremely concerned about this unprecedented struggle between man and nature. When the water level of wuhanguan approached the warning line, the central government issued an urgent instruction on the flood control work in Wuhan: "spare no effort to rescue the dangerous pass." On behalf of the central government, Deng Zihui, vice premier of the Government Affairs Council, is responsible for leading the flood control work in Wuhan. The Wuhan flood control headquarters, which is composed of the party, government and army leaders of Hubei Province and Wuhan City, has been established. Seven sub headquarters and the soil, stone and water headquarters have successively put in intensive work. The 300000 flood control troops in the front are fighting in the front line of the dike, and the 310000 people in the rear form 1359 service teams, which are ready to support the front-line commandos and reserves at any time to provide life support for the flood control troops. The flood situation in Wuhan affected the whole country. 6.21 million sacks, more than 3 million straw bags, more than 9 million kg of reed firewood and sorghum stalks, 830000 reed mats, 380000 pairs of earth dusters and 6242 anchors were urgently transported to Wuhan What is more unforgettable to the people of Wuhan is that in July and August, Mianyang, Honghu, Luhu, Liangzihu, huangtianhu, Jingjiang, Jianli and other places in the upper reaches successively diverted 54.8 billion cubic meters of flood water for more than ten times, which reduced the pressure of flood peak on Wuhan and also won valuable time for Wuhan to fight floods. In the end, the army and people of Wuhan created epic glory with their blood and life.

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In 1954, Mao Zedong wrote an inscription for the people of Wuhan to overcome the flood

Over the past 50 years, the people of Wuhan have always remembered the cordial care of the Party Central Committee, the selfless support of the people of the whole country, the great sacrifices made by the people of the flood diversion and storage areas, and the heroes who gave their precious lives to overcome the floods. After the flood in 1954, following the guidance of the leaders, the people of Wuhan began the arduous project of eradicating the flood, renovating the site and building a strong flood control system. From November 1957 to April 1958, during a winter and spring period, 120000 migrant workers from Hubei and Henan provinces were concentrated to excavate and transport 13.5 million cubic meters of earth, build a dike of Dongxihu lake with a length of more than 60 kilometers, and form the rudiment of urban flood control industrial circle. In 1974, Wuhan City formulated a dike construction plan with the highest flood level of 1.5m in 1954, and 178.5km urban dike was included in the national plan to ensure the construction of main dike. In 1982, the state raised the levee standard of Wuhan city to super-high, and the highest flood level in 1954 was 2 meters. After two stages of construction, the levees in Wuhan have been greatly improved. The urban levees have been expanded to 286 km, 2.1 times of that in the early days of liberation, forming three complete protection circles, and the protection area has also been expanded by 4.5 times than that in the early days of liberation. After 1998, the Yangtze and Hanjiang dikes in the suburbs were included in the consolidation plan, with a total investment of 4.31 billion yuan, equivalent to seven times of the total investment in the construction of Wuhan dikes from 1949 to 1998. After six years of arduous efforts, we have completed the reinforcement of 61.48 million cubic meters of earthwork, 6.22 million cubic meters of stonework, 1.175 million cubic meters of concrete, 318.3 kilometers of embankment slope protection, 271 kilometers of concrete flood control roads, and 179 buildings crossing the embankment. So far, the Yangtze River and Hanjiang River levees in Wuhan have all reached the standard of flood control construction planning in the Yangtze River Basin. In the new era and the new century, under the guidance of the new idea of water control, the flood control construction of Wuhan city has embarked on the road closely combined with urban traffic, environment, ecology and construction. Embankment is not only the safety barrier of urban flood control, but also a beautiful landscape of the city. The embankments, once full of dangers, are now as new as iron walls; the places where thousands of troops have been guarding against them are now weeping willows and clear water; the Bund, once full of water blocking buildings and chaotic, is now a riverside park with pleasant scenery, water and sky, and water scenery. The 50 year dike construction is just like another monument, which shows the harmonious future of human and water.

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Wuhan jiangtan Park

Address: Flood Control Monument platform at Yiyuan intersection of jiangtan Park in Hankou, Jiang'an District (directly opposite to the auditorium of Yiyuan intersection municipal government) transportation: take bus No.68 or No.30 to Binjiang Park Station, or take bus no.608 or no.801 to Yiyuan Road station and walk 200 meters to the riverside. Admission: Free

Address: on the riverbank of Binjiang Park, Jiangan District, Hankou, Wuhan

Longitude: 114.30699920654

Latitude: 30.590099334717

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