Where did Dayu come from to control water? Where do you smell water? How old were you then?

Dayu was from Anyi (now Xiaxian County, Shanxi Province). In 20765438 BC, Yao was about 19 years old and 75 years old.

According to legend, Yu was successful in managing water and was abdicated by Shun to inherit the throne. With the support of the governors, he officially acceded to the throne, with Yangcheng as the capital and Pingyang as the capital (or Anyi or Jinyang), with the title of Xia. In the Tang dynasty, the enfeoffment of Danzhu and the enfeoffment of merchants were dangerous.

Yu was the first emperor of Xia Dynasty, so later generations also called him Yu.

He is a holy emperor in ancient legends of China, who is as famous as Fuxi and Huangdi. His most outstanding achievement is that he controlled the catastrophic flood, delineated Kyushu and laid the foundation of the Xia Dynasty, which has always been praised by people. Later generations called him Dayu. Yu was buried in Huiji Mountain (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang) after his death, and there are still Yu Temple, Yuling and Yuci. Since Xia Qi, emperors have come to Yuling to offer sacrifices to him.

Extended data:

Yu went to Tongbai Mountain (southwest of Tongbai County, Henan Province) for water control three times, but it was always windy, thundering and whistling, which made the water control project almost impossible to perform.

Knowing that the monster was at work, Yu summoned all the gods in the world and asked them to find a way to get rid of the monster. The gods of Tongbai Mountain and other nearby mountains, fearing that this disaster would bring trouble to their heads, all knelt down and kowtowed, begging him to spare his life.

Yu suspected that they were harboring demons, so he put a group of people, such as Shang, Dou Lu and Li, in prison for interrogation. Sure enough, I asked the truth. It turns out that there is a water monster named Wu Zhihao hidden between Huai water and vortex water. Yu immediately sent someone to catch the monster.

Dayu flood control, from high mountains to Pingchuan, from Qinling to Jizhou, from Taihang Mountain to Songshan Mountain, left many footprints everywhere. On Shangdang land, there is a mountain called "Wang Yushan" between Lucheng and Pingshun. It is said that when Yukai River was opened, a mountain was moved to block the current here. People call this mountain "Wang Yushan" to commemorate Dayu's flood control.

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