Is Hukou Waterfall of the Yellow River a Historical and Cultural Heritage?

The Yellow River, the mother river of the Chinese nation, has nurtured the blood of the Chinese nation for five thousand years.

Hukou, a rapids and rapids in the Qin Jin Grand Canyon of the Yellow River, has been the main throat connecting Qin Jin and Xupu since ancient times.

Because of its important traffic significance, history has endowed it with two basic functions: military emergency and early water transfer terminal.

In the written records of two thousand years, the registered permanent residence changed frequently between these two roles.

This paper expounds in detail the historical process of the formation, development, change and decline of the military and commercial functions of Hukou Ferry and its role transformation today.

Through field investigation and historical records, the characteristics of the existing historical and cultural heritage in Hukou are summarized, from material heritage to intangible heritage; Movable heritage-The definitions of immovable heritage and world cultural heritage have historical, artistic, scientific and economic values.