Chapter 49 Chapter 48 Hongqi Canal: A Monument to the Chinese Spirit

The Hongqi Canal project leading Zhangzhou into the forest has entered the memory of a generation. Although this is only a water diversion channel in Linxian County, Henan Province, it was once as famous as Daqing and Dazhai, and was also listed with the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge as a great representative of the Chinese spirit. The project has become a spiritual statue of the hard work and self-reliance of the Chinese people in the 1950s and 1960s.To this day, the Hongqi Canal still looks the same.Lin County was renamed Linzhou City. Hongqi Canal is the image representative of Linzhou. Hongqi Canal is the most popular red tourist attraction in Henan. Hongqi Canal is the most expensive cigarette brand in Henan. There is an old documentary "Red Flag Canal", remember I read it When I was in middle school, the school organized to watch this film, and I wrote a composition titled "The Spirit of the Red Flag Canal Follows Me".Now there is a TV series "The Sons and Daughters of Hongqi Canal", and the "Hundred Schools Forum" of CCTV, which has a lot of celebrities, also talks about Hongqi Canal. The reputation of Hongqi Canal has spread far and wide, and it has lasted for 50 years.

Hongqi Canal is a miracle water conservancy project built on a cliff. The Red Flag Canal is a historical monument embodying the struggle of the new Chinese people. The Red Flag Canal is a textbook of the beautiful Chinese spirit passed down from generation to generation. On the eve of commemorating the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, when reviewing the landmark events in the history of the People's Republic of China, the words "Hongqi Canal" appeared constantly in newspapers and various media.I noticed that this century-old project built by ordinary people in the most primitive and traditional way was not during the Great Leap Forward in 1958 when Daxing Water Conservancy was launched, but later in the country when it entered "adjustment, consolidation, enrichment, improvement" and three years Difficult times of natural disasters.It seems that it is not produced by the top-down "Great Leap Forward" heat wave, but has another deep-seated reason. At 5:10 on August 19, 2009, China News Network published Li Heran's article "The Great Drought in 1959 and the Birth of the Red Flag Canal" commemorating the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, explaining the background of the construction of the Red Flag Canal to today's readers:

"In 1959, China suffered the worst drought since the founding of New China. Taking Henan Province as an example, from December 1958 to May 1959, the precipitation in Henan Province was only 86.3 millimeters, equivalent to that in the 1950s 1/10 of the precipitation in a normal year. The river is cut off, the well pond is dry, the reservoir is dry, and the wheat field is yellow. A winter, spring, and summer drought has brought a catastrophic blow to agriculture. In addition, including the traditionally arid provinces in Northwest China Inside, 21 provinces in southern and northern China have been affected by the drought.

"The drought did not ease in the following two years. By 1961, the grain output of Henan Province had dropped by nearly half compared with 1955. At that time, Henan, located in the Central Plains, was still a place that could not be self-sufficient in grain. Since 1959 , the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River are generally less rainy. In 1960, the Yellow River was cut off from Fanxian County, Shandong Province to Jinan for more than 40 days. To the Jianghuai Plain. Facing the historical predicament of "congenital defect" of drought, people at that time, inspired by the spirit of building socialism, carried out a vigorous movement. Although later generations often accused that movement of being unrealistic, but Henan Province has unexpectedly harvested a large number of basic farmland water conservancy facilities.

"However, these water conservancy facilities failed to solve the drought problem fundamentally. Thus, there was the famous 'artificial Tianhe' Hongqi Canal. In February 1960, Linxian County, Henan Province started construction from the waist of Taihang, and built a dam from the border of Shanxi Province The closure stretched for 1,500 kilometers and brought water from the Zhanghe River into Lin County. The Hongqi Canal, which took 10 years, improved the fate of Lin County’s agriculture relying on the weather, solved the draft problem of 567,000 people, and irrigated 540,000 mu of cultivated land. At that time, the Hongqi Canal was regarded as a model and a good story, and together with the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, it was called the two miracles of New China..."

The Hongqi Canal was forced out by the drought.The general situation of the construction of the Red Flag Canal is as follows: The Hongqi Canal was built in the 1960s by the people of Lin County [now Linzhou] under extremely difficult conditions to divert Zhangzhou into the forest from the side of Taihang Mountain.It is called the "artificial Milky Way" by the world, and some people call it "the eighth wonder of the world". The Hongqi Canal project started in February 1960, and the supporting works of the branch canals were fully completed in July 1969, which lasted more than 10 years.It takes the Zhang River as its source, and a dam is set up under Houbiduan, Shicheng Town, Pingshun County, Shanxi Province to divert the Zhang River water into Linzhou.Under the extremely difficult construction conditions, the people of Linzhou relied on self-reliance and the spirit of hard work to overcome many difficulties and fought on the cliffs of the Taihang Mountains, among the dangerous shoals and canyons. On the top of the mountain, 151 aqueducts were erected, 211 tunnels were dug, 12,408 various buildings were built, and 22.25 million cubic meters of earth and stone were excavated.If these earth and stone barriers are built into a wall with a height of 2 meters and a width of 3 meters, it can run through the north and south of the motherland and connect Guangzhou and Harbin.

The main canal of Hongqi Canal is 70.6 kilometers long, the bottom of the canal is 8 meters wide, the canal wall is 4.3 meters high, the longitudinal slope is 1/8000, and the designed flow rate is 23 cubic meters per second.The main canal is divided into three main canals from the watershed. The first main canal runs to the southwest, passes through Yaocun Town, Chengjiao Township, and joins Yingxiong Canal in Hejian Town. 5,000, designed to increase the flow rate to 14 cubic meters per second, and irrigate an area of ​​352,000 mu; the second main canal goes southeast, passing through Yaocun Town and Heshun Town to Madian Village of Hengshui Town, with a total length of 47.6 kilometers and a width of 3.5 meters at the bottom of the canal. The canal wall is 2.5 meters high, the longitudinal slope is 1/2000, and the design increases the flow rate to 7.7 cubic meters per second.The irrigated area is 116,000 mu; the third main canal runs eastward to Dongluzhai Village, Donggang Township, with a total length of 10.9 kilometers, a canal bottom width of 2.5 meters, a canal wall height of 2.2 meters, a longitudinal slope of 1/3000, and a designed flow rate of 3.3 cubic meters / second, the irrigated area is 46,000 mu.

There are 10 main canals and sub-main canals in the Hongqi Canal Irrigation District, with a total length of 304.1 kilometers; 51 branch canals, with a total length of 524.1 kilometers; 290 bucket canals, with a total length of 697.3 kilometers; 4,281 agricultural canals, with a total length of 2,488 kilometers; There are 346 ponds and weirs, with a total effective storage capacity of 23.81 million cubic meters, and 12,408 buildings of various types, including 211 tunnels with a total length of 53.7 kilometers, 151 aqueducts with a total length of 12.5 kilometers, and hydropower stations and water lifting stations.It has become a large-scale system supporting "leading, storage, lifting, irrigation, drainage, electricity, and scenery".

The Hongqi Canal project has a total investment of 56.11 million pieces, and a total of 22.25 million cubic meters of earth and stone masonry have been completed.The total investment is 125.04 million yuan, of which the state investment is 46.25 million yuan, accounting for 37%; the community team investment is 78.78 million yuan, accounting for 63%. The completion of the Hongqi Canal has completely improved the harsh living environment of the people of Lin County who rely on the sky to wait for rain, solved the draft problem of 567,000 people and 370,000 livestock, and irrigated 540,000 mu of cultivated land, increasing the grain yield from 100 kilograms per mu to 1991 of 476.3 kg.It is called "Life Canal" and "Happiness Canal" by the people of Lin County.

Such a channel, in simple and vivid words, the people of Linzhou, Henan, live in the east of Taihang Mountain.There is a famous Zhang River in Shanxi to the west of Taihang Mountain. The famous poet Ruan Zhangjing once wrote a long poem "Water of the Zhang River", which said: "The water of the Zhang River, ninety-nine bays, / Layers of trees, layers of mountains, / Layers of green Trees are thick and foggy, / High mountains and clouds break the road. / In the early morning, the clouds are red and red, / The bright red sky falls into the river, / Zhang water is dyed into peach blossoms, / Sing a little song across the Zhang River..."More The beautiful scenery of the beautiful Xiaoqu shows that the water of the Zhang River has brought a rich and rich life to the local people.On the other side of the Taihang Mountains, the people of Linzhou are seriously short of water, and the natural conditions are very harsh.As a result, the people of Lin County created a miracle in the world and were forced to go to the Taihang Mountain by the drought. Just like the old fool who used hammers and steel brazing to build a long canal artificially on the side of the Taihang Mountain: "Taihang Tianhe!" The people of Delin County fought desperately against the harsh conditions to create this miracle?Looking for relevant information, I found relevant information about the drought in Lin County [Linzhou] in the late 1950s:

Lin County is located at the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain in the northwest of Henan Province, between 113°37' and 114°04' east longitude and between 35°41' and 36°22' north latitude.The territory has undulating mountains, criss-cross ravines, thin soil and thick rocks, complex geology, and large and small peaks. The eastern part of the lower mountains is 300-400 meters above sea level, and the western part is about 1500 meters above sea level.There are 1,771 natural villages in the county, most of which are located in deep mountains and canyons, along the edge of Naojiangou. There are many mountains and little land here, and the transportation is inconvenient. What's more serious is the scarcity of water sources. Historically, disasters have occurred every year, and nine out of ten years have not been harvested. It is a barren mountainous county with poor mountains, poor land, poor water, and poor people.From the first year of Zhengtong in the Ming Dynasty [1436] to 1949 when New China was founded, during the 514 spring and autumn periods, more than 100 natural disasters occurred in Lin County, and there were 30 severe droughts. At the end of the day, ten rooms and nine empties, the people are in dire straits, the cauldrons are hanging for cooking, and people eat each other 5 times.Lin County has high mountains and deep valleys, complex climate, and extremely uneven distribution of precipitation. The folk song sings: "Drought expects rain, and the rain rushes away, sweeping away the yellow sand and leaving stone eggs." Precipitation in July and August It accounts for 60-70%, and the average precipitation in spring, autumn and winter only accounts for 30-40% of the annual precipitation.The Zhuozhang River, Lushui River, Huan River, Xi River, and Qi River are five seasonal rivers. Most of them are usually dry and cut off.Soil erosion is serious. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, the county lost an average of nearly 400 million cubic meters of water and 397,000 cubic meters of sediment every year.A large amount of water and soil was lost, the upstream hillside gradually became thinner, and the downstream riverbed was silted up or widened and raised, and floods overflowed, causing many disasters.In the 21st year of the Republic of China [1932], the flood of the Xihe River surged, breaking the 7-meter-high bridge in Hejian, cutting off the north-south traffic in Lin County, and more than 20,000 mu of fertile land along the river banks turned into a mess without even a blade of grass. On the rocky beach, the river bed was widened from 100 meters to 150 meters, and the lives and properties of 30,000 people on both sides of the river were severely damaged.Although the Zhuozhang River, which flows through the northern edge of the county, has abundant water sources, due to the limited terrain, it could only irrigate 700 mu of cultivated land at that time.The Huan River in the middle of the county is also suffering from constant disasters.The Qi River, 40 kilometers long in the south of the county, can only irrigate more than 300 mu of cultivated land.In the twenty-sixth year of the Republic of China [1937], the Xianghe River, a tributary of the Qi River, flooded 410 mu of cultivated land, 151 households were washed away, and 38 of the 40 households in Haojiayao were swept away by the flood.The Lushui River, a tributary of the Zhang River, is usually dry and dry, and the flood season is turbulent, cutting off pedestrians and affecting people visiting relatives and friends.Therefore, when people marry their children, they must also consider the safety of the river.When the People's Republic of China was founded, 370,000 mu of hillsides were scoured most severely by floods in the county, and the topsoil was washed away by water, leaving bare rocks and bare slates. Insufficient river water supply, coupled with perennial lack of rain, has caused nine droughts in ten years, which is more serious than flood disasters.In the past, due to lack of water in Lin County, when Lin County was liberated in the 33rd year of the Republic of China [1944], out of the 985,000 mu of cultivated land in the county, there were only 12,400 mu of irrigated land. The barren arable land that "relies on the harvest" encounters drought, either the seeds cannot be sown, or the field seedlings are dried up by the drought, resulting in no harvest of grains or a severe reduction in production.Therefore, in some barren mountainous areas, wheat is rarely grown, and only millet, beans, potatoes, etc. are planted in autumn.The agricultural production conditions are harsh, and the grain output is meager. The harvest of wheat is only about 30 kg per mu, and the output of autumn grain is only 50 kg per mu.The life of the masses is very bitter and cold, and they live a poor life of "bran in the morning, soup at noon, and porridge shining on the moon in the evening".In the past, there was such a folk song: "Our Lin County is really pitiful, with bare hillsides and dry river beaches; the rain is so heavy that the grain is not harvested, and the rain is so dry that the seeds are gone; we are so busy all year round that we have eaten the last bowl but not the next bowl. " The remains of steles left in the history of various places in Lin County have provided us with a lot of information.There is a stele in Zhaidi Village, Yaocun Town, Lin County, which records the tragic scene of Lin County suffering from a severe drought and the people's livelihood from the first year to the fourth year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty [1875-1878].The inscription records: "In the first year of Guangxu's year Yihai Xia, there was quite a lot of wheat. From Xia to Wuyin Xiayue, there was no wheat and no grain for three years. A bucket of rice is worth 1,600 Wen, and a bucket of soybeans is 1,000. Wen, a bucket of black beans is nine hundred renminbi. People suffer and have no money to buy food, and what people eat, leaves and wild vegetables, and even things that are not eaten by people, are all eaten with elm skin. Guangxu Dingchou donated once in October , Wuyin once in April, and once in July. Every time, the poorest and the poorest, big mouths and small mouths, and extra lifeguards each have a bucket. Withering, in times of hardship, those who are able to grow their own life have no cover. Those who died of hunger or sickness first used thin wooden coffins, and later used reed mats. After that, the reed mats could not be used. Died on the road People cut off their flesh and ate it, and some even buried their corpses and peeled their flesh and ate them. Six or seven out of ten died.” Panyu Natural Village, Taoke Village, Xiaodian Township, Guangxu Seven Years of the Qing Dynasty [1881] The inscription reads: "During the second year of Guangxu, there were a total of 117 men and women. Since three or four years, they died in exile, leaving only eleven men and women. At that time, there were unburied corpses who stole food, and some Those who have been buried and steal food. There is a small kiln in the north here, and the cannibals are among them, and the bones are piled up like hills. At that time, the price of rice was fifteen strings per stone, and the price of wheat was thirteen strings per stone. Melon seedlings, beans Seedlings, corn stalks, and white sweet soil are all ready to eat. The flower seed cakes cost fifty yuan each. The bark and grass roots are peeled or planed, and they are almost exhausted. Every seventeen or eighteen women is only worth three to five hundred yuan. The surname Wang lived in Qizhuang, with a population of forty or fifty men and women. Since the third or fourth year of Guangxu, there were only three people who died of starvation. For three years, the spring rained continuously. The ground was soaked three feet, and the seedlings were fully grown. Afterwards, there was a severe drought, and the autumn scenery was pitiful. The grains did not see seeds, and the bean sprouts dried up. A bucket, the price increases by two thousand. A bucket of wheat, the price increases by one thousand. A bucket of beans, the price rises to nine hundred. A bucket of buckwheat, the price is more than seven hundred. There is no buyer for the farmland. Persimmon leaves, sweet soil, all for rice Meals. Young girls sold, one or two strings of money. People cannibalize human flesh, and there is unrest everywhere. The emperor gave relief, and thousands of people died. This is the case in famine years, and it is handed down on stones." The inscription on Nanquan Yitong in Rencun Township records: "Nine years of the Republic of China, aged in Gengshen In the middle of summer, it’s time for the sky to be dry and dry. The fruit and trees are withered, and the grains are not planted, but the fields are planted, and the grains are green, dry and yellow. Those who watch this scene will feel sad. On September 3, it began to rain heavily, and the five grains began to be planted universally. By the time of autumn harvest, 50% to 60% of those planted before the rain were harvested, and only two or three percent of those planted after the rain were harvested. Woohoo! Last year two wheats were not planted, and the harvest this autumn is thin. If the wilderness is like this, then there is a reason for people to live forever." During the Anti-Japanese War in the middle of the last century [1942-1943] severe drought, coupled with locust disasters and the crazy raids of the Japanese and puppet troops, the people of Lin County were in dire straits.People suffer from hunger, flee from famine, sell their children, starve and die everywhere, and the ten houses are empty, which is horrible.According to statistics, there were 10,800 households fleeing famine in the county at that time, accounting for 14% of the total households; 1,650 people died of starvation, accounting for 4.3‰ of the total number. Since ancient times, the difficulty of obtaining water has been restricting the development of Linxian's productivity. The "Reconstruction of Linxian County" in the Republic of China said: "There are many mountains in the forest and little water, and the residents are struggling. Every time there is severe drought, the residents hang the cauldrons to wait for cooking. They want to save the pots, and they do not choose the filth of the cockroaches. Thirst is both a disaster and filth. It is also a disease, especially in Nanxiang, and the same is true behind the mountains." "There are also many places where the soil is thick." Those who have no access to water may dug the ground as a cellar to store rainwater, which is called a dry well. However, the dry well will also dry up in a severe drought, and it is impossible for every family to have it. Therefore, some people who draw water more than ten miles away, old and weak women hold urns Walking around, life is difficult, water and fire are almost equal to bean and millet." Under the difficult conditions, the people of Lin County do everything possible to maintain the minimum water demand for life.In order to survive, people in Lin County often dig dry wells and ponds in their yards or on the edge of the ground to accumulate rainwater and snow water, or build some small channels to divert mountain springs and block river water. Even so, when encountering drought, let alone irrigation In farmland, it is difficult to maintain even drinking water for humans and animals. People have to go over mountains and ridges to fetch water for food.According to statistics at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, 307 of the 550 administrative villages in the county had difficulty in drinking water. Among them, 181 villages ran for more than 2.5 kilometers to fetch water for food, and 94 villages ran for more than 5 kilometers to fetch water for food. There are 30 villages with a draft of 10,000 kilometers, and two villages with a draft of 10-20 kilometers. The shortage of water resources has affected the health of the people, coupled with poor sanitation conditions, resulting in the occurrence of various endemic and infectious diseases, bringing great suffering to the masses.When Lin County was liberated, the county's medical and health services were very weak. When people got sick, they lacked doctors to treat them, and most of them prayed to God and Buddha for treatment. Before 1949, the number of sick people accounted for more than 30% of the total population every year, and countless money was spent just praying for God and worshiping Buddha.Especially esophageal cancer, gastrointestinal disease, tracheitis, rickets, deafness, goiter, malaria, women's menstrual disease, leucorrhea, etc. are extremely common.In Gaojiatai, Shibanyan, Chaoyang and other remote mountainous villages, 60% of the people suffer from goitre.Because of lack of water, poverty in mountainous areas, and miserable life, people in Lin County in the old society had "six fears": first, no rain, second, flood, third hail, fourth frost and wind, fifth fear of bandits, sixth Afraid of asking for rent.Due to the scarcity of water sources, the daughters ran down the mountain, and the daughter-in-law did not go up the mountain. Marriage problems became a difficult problem in the lives of the people in the mountainous area. Because of lack of water, life is hard, and cultural life is even more backward.In the 33rd year of the Republic of China [1944] when Lin County was liberated, there was only one middle school and 11 primary schools.There is only one school in the area of ​​Nanshan, Linqi Town, with a radius of more than 10 kilometers.There were 397 households in Qiyu Village, Zexia Township, most of them were illiterate except Wulaodian and his children who could read and write.Because of the lack of water, many poor people almost died, and they left their homeland with tears and pain, and settled in other provinces and foreign places.There is a village in the south of Changzhi City, Shanxi Province, which was named "Linyi Village" because it was newly established by people from Lin County after fleeing famine. Water has become the heart disease of the people in Lin County, and it has also become the hope of the people.The people of Lin County, who suffer from water shortage, regard water as their life and yearn for water. Many villages are named after water, such as Zhangjiajing, Lijiachi, Honghe, Liuquan, Caowangshui, Longshui, Yanhuashui, etc. And so on, even the name of the child also has a water character, such as boys are called "Shuiwang", "Shuisheng", "Xingshui", "Laishui", girls are called "Shuiying", "Shuilian", "Shui'e" and so on.Because of the lack of water, it is not uncommon to see Dragon King Temples being built in villages and villages in Lin County, and every household can hear the sound of praying for rain.At a glance, there are several steles beside the well, and several pavilions beside a pool, singing the merits of the well diggers and praising the pool diggers.In the 20th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty [1592], Xie Encong, a native of Ziyang County, Hebei Province, served as the county magistrate of Lin County, and presided over the excavation of the Hongyu Canal, which was 18 miles long and 1 foot wide, and solved the domestic water supply for farmers in several villages from Jiaoyuan to Xin'an. Difficult, commonly known as "Xie Gongqu", later generations set up Xie Gong Temple to commemorate him.People regard mountain springs as "holy water", live frugally, sweat and bleed, pray to God, find water, find water, dig water, divert water... However, the problem of water has not been fulfilled, and drought and water shortage have always been like a handful The knife rests on the necks of the people of Lin County. It is in this way that generations have struggled in this extremely harsh living environment, and the people of Lin County have formed a unique water consciousness.Water almost fills the common life concern and spiritual world of all strata in Lin County.This is also the ideological basis and motivation for the people of Lin County to endure hunger and starvation, cut mountains and ridges to divert water from the Zhang River with a sincere heart. Historically, droughts have always been like a boulder pressing on the heads of the masses of Lin County. Although there has been some improvement after liberation, the severe drought in 1959 once again placed the crisis of survival in front of the people of Lin County, especially the party and government of Lin County. The leaders of Lin County raised the banner of constructing the Changqu and bringing Zhangzhou into the forest! In the 1950s and 1960s, Henan had two well-known pacesetters who were leaders for the people, one was Jiao Yulu from Lankao County, and the other was Yang Gui from Lin County.It was under the leadership of Yang Gui and the leadership team of Lin County that the miracle of "Red Flag Canal" was created. On October 14, 2004, "People's Daily · People's Forum" published Chang Qing's article, which highly appraised the important role played by the county party committee and Comrade Yang Gui in the construction of Hongqi Canal.The article states: "Over the past few days, with the continuous stream of visitors and the massive reports of the news media, the "Hongqi Canal Spirit Exhibition" has become a highlight in the capital Beijing, and a consensus has been formed in the hearts of the people: the era needs to carry forward the spirit of the Red Flag Canal. "There is no doubt that Hongqi Canal has become a monument. Just as the spirit of Hongqi Canal itself has rich connotations, the monument of Hongqi Canal is also a monument without words: it is a monument of self-reliance and hard work, and it is also a solidarity and cooperation. The monument of selfless dedication is also a monument of governing for the people. "Only by governing for the people can we truly take the sufferings of the people into consideration and make major decisions that benefit the 600,000 people in Linxian County. In Linxian County, Henan Province at that time, Yang Gui, secretary of the county party committee, was one of the main persons in charge. This former The son of Taihang Mountain, who broke through the hail of guns and bullets, came to be the secretary of the county party committee with the desire and idea of ​​"changing the appearance of the mountainous area and benefiting the people of Lin County", in fact, "government for the people". The investigation team went over mountains and mountains to "feel the temper of nature", and finally figured out that water is the biggest obstacle restricting the survival and development of people in Lin County. For thousands of years, people in Lin County who have suffered from water shortage think about water Water is what we look forward to, but water is what we dream of. Water shortage has become a worry for the masses, and it has also become a pain in the hearts of leaders. Therefore, Yang Gui is determined to 'store up the water in the sky, dig out the groundwater, and drain the water from outside the country. "Bring in", this prompted the Linxian County Party Committee to make a major decision to build the Hongqi Canal, and finally made the Hongqi Canal "one canal of water, one canal of waves, one canal of electricity, and one canal of socialist honey". "Only by governing for the people can we truly establish a correct view of political achievements, and regard the well-being of the people as the greatest achievement. For Communist Party rulers, whether they can establish a correct view of political achievements is related to a person's thinking style and work attitude. The thought and concept of governing for the people is the core and foundation of the correct view of political achievements. From Yang Gui’s experience, he has been the secretary of the county party committee in Lin County for more than 10 years, and led hundreds of thousands of people in Lin County together with the county party committee , It took 10 years to build a large-scale water conservancy irrigation project with a total length of more than 1,500 kilometers in the dangerous shoal and canyon. Under such good conditions, it is really commendable to exchange my 10 years of painstaking efforts for the success of a canal. Besides, whether the canal construction can be truly successful, and whether it can be judged fairly after the success, was not completely sure at the beginning. But it is precisely because of the With his firm determination to govern, he disregarded all personal gains and losses. This is in stark contrast to the style of some people nowadays who are eager for success, eager for quick success, accustomed to making superficial articles, and keen on image projects. "Only by governing for the people can we truly gain the support of the people and make correct decisions a reality. The construction of the Hongqi Canal was the decision of the Lin County Party Committee. Under the extremely difficult conditions at the beginning, why were hundreds of thousands of people in Lin County not afraid of bloodshed?" Sacrifice, not afraid of severe cold and heat, and not afraid of protracted implementation of the decision of the county party committee to repair the canal? In the end, it is because this is a good decision to win the hearts of the people, follow the people's wishes, solve the people's worries, and eliminate the people's worries. Facts have proved that only by governing for the people and leading The decision-making of the leader will receive the maximum support of the masses, and the leader will also be supported by the masses. During the "Cultural Revolution", Yang Gui was dismissed as a "capitalist roader" and dismissed from office, but the people in Lin County secretly protected him and supported him. Stuffing eggs in his chest and putting pancakes in his arms are all because he works wholeheartedly for the people. "When Yang Gui made up his mind to build the canal, one of the questions he thought about the most was 'for whom to build the canal and by whom to build the canal'. Under the new historical conditions, the central leadership comrades pointed out that the party's leading cadres must seriously think about 'for whom to govern, for whom to build the canal'. Who will be in power'. Hongqiqu answered: build the party for the public, govern for the people, and our party will remain young forever. "Red Flag Canal, a monument of governance for the people." The article gets to the point.Here, I will first tell two stories that people are more familiar with. One is the story that Chairman Mao met Yang Gui and gave Yang Gui the "reassurance" when he made up his mind to build mountains and canals. On November 1, 1958, Yang Gui attended the county party secretary meeting at the Xinxiang Prefectural Committee.After dinner, he went to the nearby Xinhua Bath to take a bath.As soon as he jumped off the bathing pool, Gao Lei, the head of the district public security department, came to the bathhouse to look for him.The bathroom was filled with fog and people could not be seen clearly. Gao Lei shouted into the bathroom, "Is Comrade Yang Gui in there?" "Inside!" Yang Gui agreed loudly. "Put on your clothes, it's urgent!" Yang Gui quickly put on his clothes without waiting to dry off the drops of water on his body, and followed Gao Lei into the jeep. The jeep drove towards Xinxiang Railway Station.Director Gao Lei told Yang Gui excitedly: "Chairman Mao's special train has arrived at Xinxiang Railway Station. The chairman wants to have a discussion with comrades from the local and county party committees." Hearing that he wanted to meet Mao Zedong, Yang Gui felt excited.When I met Mao Zedong, what should I report to him?Yang Gui was thinking seriously... The jeep soon drove into Xinxiang Station. Xinxiang Railway Station is a major station on the Beijing-Guangzhou Line.Mao Zedong's special train stopped at a secluded platform.Yang Gui boarded the special train along with Geng Qichang, secretary of the local party committee, and several other county party secretaries, and walked into a compartment that was like a conference passenger room.At one end of the carriage is a long conference table, and at the other end is a small meeting room surrounded by sofas.Shi Xiangsheng, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, introduced everyone to Mao Zedong one by one. Mao Zedong happily held Yang Gui's hand and said: "Yang Gui from Lin County, I know you. I heard that you are very good at water control!" Some people can’t eat water!” After Mao Zedong motioned everyone to sit on the sofa, the symposium began.During the discussion, Mao Zedong kept asking questions with a smile on his face, and the conversation was kind and funny.After the leaders of the provincial and prefectural committees reported the situation, Yang Gui also talked about the situation of the "Lin Nanqing" United Iron and Steel Headquarters under his command.Mao Zedong asked Yang Gui: "How many tons of steel can you smelt a day?" Yang Gui said: "About two to three hundred tons, but most of them are sulfur iron, and there are also a lot of iron slag." Mao Zedong asked again: "How much gray pig iron is there? ?” Yang Gui said truthfully: “It’s less than 10 tons, and most of them are thrown into the furnace with recycled scrap iron and smashed iron pots.” Seeing Yang Gui telling the truth, the leaders of the provincial and prefectural committees present were all sweating: Right now is the climax of the Party Central Committee's national steelmaking movement, and the province is fighting against "right deviation", so Yang Gui is not sure what to say. "Door".At this time, Mao Zedong turned his attention to the four seats and asked everyone: "Is the situation that Comrade Yang Gui just said is universal?" Seeing Mao Zedong's question, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Shi Xiangsheng had to tell the truth: "As far as I know, all steel bases The iron smelted now is generally like this." Mao Zedong nodded slightly. Mao Zedong then asked Yang Gui: "How many people are there in Lin County?" "More than 600,000." "Is there any forest in Lin County?" Quite a lot.” Mao Zedong asked again: “How many people have you recruited to run the steel industry?” “The prefectural committee asked us to recruit 150,000 people, but we have only hired 50,000 to 60,000.” “How can the 50,000 to 60,000 people live?” “All Live in the wilderness." Mao Zedong's expression immediately became serious: "50,000 to 60,000 people live in the wilderness, how many people are sick?" Yang Gui said: "Not many now, but there are already signs." Mao Zedong did A gesture of disapproval said: "It's cold, so many people sleep in the wild, what if they get sick from the cold?" Yang Gui's heart was very heavy, and he had more urgent matters to report to Mao Zedong: "After the construction of water conservancy in Lin County, this year's autumn grain crops have achieved a large harvest, but it is a pity that they can't all be recovered..." "What's going on? Huh?" Mao Zedong asked. "The strong and strong laborers come out to make steel, and the crops can't be harvested, and the cotton can't be picked. The masses live in the wild, and they wipe their buttocks with cotton, watching the snow-white cotton being ruined." Mao Zedong turned his attention to everyone: "The canals and reservoirs were finally built, and good crops grew, but no one harvested them. How can this be done? The large-scale steel smelting can no longer be used by people. Those who have already gone up have left a few people to build small blast furnaces. Others immediately withdraw! Some people harvest crops, and some people engage in water conservancy. You must know that water conservancy is the lifeblood of agriculture. If you want to improve agriculture, you must develop water conservancy." Mao Zedong's speech at the symposium broke the "curse" for everyone.Yang Gui also has a backbone.After the symposium, the tens of thousands of steel-making villagers in Lin County happily returned to the fertile farmland and the construction site of water conservancy. "Water conservancy is the lifeblood of agriculture. To improve agriculture, we must develop water conservancy!" On the special train that day, Chairman Mao repeated this sentence several times.It was as if Yang Gui and the people from Lin County had taken a "reassurance pill", and their hearts were bright. I read this story from Zhou Yan's signed article on the Chinese Communist Party News Network on November 30, 2007.It gave me two deep impressions: one is that Yang Gui, as a grassroots cadre, is seeking truth from facts and dares to tell the truth.If there is such a style of telling the truth and not being flattering from top to bottom, then we will not make the mistake of exaggerating the "Great Leap Forward" again; second, Yang Gui was already an "advanced figure" who could meet Chairman Mao at that time , he is not conservative and dares to be the first in the world. This quality makes him raise the banner of the Red Flag Canal. The second story is the story of Yang Gui being criticized by the Vice Premier. This is a story that I remember when I talked about the Red Flag Canal on the "Hundreds of Lectures" of CCTV. In early July 1961, Tan Zhenlin, Secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Vice Premier of the State Council, visited Qiliying, Xinxiang, Henan Province. At that time, he participated in a meeting held by the Xinxiang Prefectural Committee at the Yubei Hotel.At this meeting, someone took the opportunity to report to him the problems in Lin County, saying that the people in Lin County don't have enough to eat and life is very difficult, but the Lin County Party Committee insists on holding on to the red flag, and is still working on the Red Flag Canal project.As a result, Vice Premier Tan was very angry, why?Because at that time, the domestic economy was very difficult and the lives of ordinary people were very difficult. At that time, in order to show compassion for the people, the central government repeatedly ordered that all infrastructure projects in the country be discontinued, and the whole country implement a hundred-day rest period. The deputy prime minister loves the people very much, how could he not be furious and call Yang Gui over immediately, if the situation is true, he must deal with it seriously. The meeting started the next day. When the host mentioned that the secretary of the county party committee was speaking, no one spoke, and everyone stared at Yang Gui in unison.At this time, Yang Gui knew very well that this meeting was aimed at him, but he couldn't figure it out. As a cadre of the Communist Party, shouldn't he do practical things for the people?So isn’t our party just working for the benefit of the people? Starting from the reality of Lin County, isn't it necessary to build canals and divert water for the benefit of the people?Is this wrong too?Thinking of this, Yang Gui supported the table with both hands, he stood up, and said what was in his heart truthfully.Yang Gui said that Lin County has suffered from water shortage for thousands of years. How many people have sold their children and daughters because of water, how many people have left their homes because of water, and how many people have lost their lives because of this water. They cherish water like their lives. The history of Lin County Thousands of people died of starvation because of lack of water.Their ancestors have been short of water for generations and have longed for water. Only when the Communist Party came, the villagers saw a little hope.In the current Hongqi Canal, we have already won the first battle. Natural disasters are a fact, but if you just sit there and wait for God to bless you, you will not be able to defeat natural disasters.It doesn’t matter if the canal is not repaired, my black hat is saved, but it is the common people who suffer.We are members of the Communist Party, cadres of the party, and the principle of party spirit does not allow me to watch the fields grow no crops. Hundreds of thousands of people have to travel across mountains and mountains to fetch water for food. Why do we build canals?It is for the sake of giving the people a way out, for the people of Lin County, and for future generations. We have a clear conscience.If there is a mistake, then the responsibility lies with me, but everything I said is true, please organize an investigation.When Yang Gui was speaking, many people broke into a cold sweat for him, because Vice Premier Tan was known for his seriousness and sternness in his work.However, Vice Premier Tan did not say a word, and has been listening to his speech quietly.When the meeting was adjourned, Vice Premier Tan was the first to step out of the venue.After the meeting, Vice Premier Tan immediately sent people to form an investigation team to investigate in Lin County. The results of the investigation came out soon. What Yang Gui said was all true.Deputy Prime Minister Tan fully affirmed and highly praised the construction of the Hongqi Canal in Lin County, and clearly requested the Henan Provincial Party Committee to support the construction of the Hongqi Canal in Lin County. , So the Hongqi Canal project is in full swing. These two stories, from both positive and negative aspects, show that the construction of the Red Flag Canal was supported by the Party Central Committee and the State Council. The 3-year period of extremely difficult natural disasters created the miracle of "Taihang Tianhe". This major water control project was carried out after careful investigation and research, and after careful reporting to leading agencies at all levels, and with the joint support of Henan and Shanxi provincial leaders through consultation and communication. 1959年5月31日，杨贵和县委书记处书记兼县长李贵、县委书记处书记秦太生向省委书记处书记杨蔚屏汇报工作，谈到林县严重干旱缺水情况，提出到县境外寻找新的水源。 6月11日，县委书记处举行全体会议，对林县干旱缺水情况和水利建设远景规划作了认真的分析和研究。大家一致认为，全县已建成的几条主要引水渠道，正续建的三座中型水库，还不能彻底解决工、农业用水，缺水仍是林县的主要矛盾。要彻底摆脱干旱缺水的威胁，必须打破县域界限去外县寻找水源。于是，组织三个调查组，到相邻县考察新水源。县委第一书记杨贵、县委书记处书记周绍先率领一个组赴山西省平顺县，县委书记处书记兼县长李贵率一个组赴山西省陵川县，县委书记处书记李运保率一个组赴山西省壶关县。从调查考察的情况看，在淇河、淅河上游的壶关、陵川两县引水希望不大，有潜在能力的还是流经平顺县并绕林【县】涉【河北省涉县】两县边界的浊漳河。 杨贵率领的县委调查组，从河顺公社步行出发，路过东岗、任村两个公社向平顺县进发。途中，考察了天桥渠从浊漳河引水情况，认为扩建天桥渠，引漳入林，北水南调，渠首海拔高程与分水岭470米的海拔高度相差太大，渠水通不过分水岭，效益太小，还访问了天桥断水文站。到达平顺县，他看了浊漳河流量，6月14日晚到石城公社，与公社党委书记及石城大队支书、大队长进行了座谈。在详细了解浊漳河发源地、枯水季节流量和汛期时的最大流量以及常年平均流量后得知，浊漳河发源于山西省，有榆次、沁县、屯留与长子三条支流，经潞城县、平顺县汇合为浊漳河，水源充足，常年流量为25立方米／秒左右，最枯季节流量也在10立方米／秒以上，汛期流量则更大。杨贵通过这次调查研究，获得了第一手材料，心情十分激动，认为解决林县缺水问题已有了指望。6月15日返回县委机关，他深谋远虑地设想，要解决水的问题，还是引浊漳河水入林县。他越想越高兴，就在地图上把几个设想“引漳入林”的源头：辛安村、赤壁断、侯壁断等引水地点用红铅笔重重地划了符号，表明要横下一条心，率领群众大干苦干几年，让漳河水流遍全林县。 杨贵把自己到浊漳河考察的情况和引漳入林的想法，同县委常委中的郭晓棠【县委第二书记】、李运保、李贵、周绍先、秦太生等多次交谈议论，并在一般干部中征求意见。省委、省人委、新乡地委、专署的领导来林县，县委就抓住机会，汇报关于引漳入林的打算。 1959年8月22日，杨贵到郑州开会见到毛泽东主席，在专列上与主席的一番对话，使他受到极大的鼓舞，决心搞好水利建设，把群众生活安排好。在会议期间，他向分管农水工作的省委书记处书记史向生汇报了引漳入林的设想，还迅速让郭新太【县委办公室干事】回林县向李运保传达，着手做筹备工作。 9月27日，县委书记处举行会议，除了部署其他工作外，还研究了引漳入林问题，决定让周绍先【分管农林水的书记】、申锡让【分管水利的副县长】同水利局研究，组织技术人员对引漳入林工程进行实地勘测，拟出几个方案，提供县委研究。 10月10日夜，由杨贵主持召开县委全体【扩大】会议，对兴建引漳入林工程作专门研究。杨贵在讨论中说：“有党中央、毛主席的英明领导，有人民公社集体力量的无穷威力，有全县人民的巨大力量和支持，有几年来治山治水的经验，我们一定能够实现'重新安排林县河山'的愿望。这就是我们主宰大自然的主动权，我们就是要利用这些大主动，克服水源奇缺的小被动。要彻底改变林县干旱缺水的面貌，我看有三条：一是把天上的水蓄起来；二是把地下的水挖出来；三是把外地的水引进来。这三条咱们做了两条，但很不够，第三条从外地引水还没有开始。要在这一条上下大功夫。现在需要我们打出去，到山西境内把漳河水引来。”会后，县委立即组织工程技术人员，对引漳入林引水地点及渠线进行测量，连测数次，草拟了工程方案。 10月29日，县委再次举行全体【扩大】会议，认真讨论关于引漳入林工程的有利条件和不利因素。大家一致认为，干旱缺水的灾难，把林县人折腾得够苦了，直到现在还紧紧地扼住咱们的脖子。当前，虽然财力紧张，粮食储存有限，但是咱们有55万勤劳勇敢的人民，每人都有一双手，穷则思变，大家都省吃俭用，各方面筹集资金，引漳入林工程还是能办成的。县委的几位主要领导看到大家信心这么足，就解释说：“人常说，兵马未动，粮草先行，在这么大的工程未动工以前，咱们需要慎重研究，宁肯把困难和问题分析得全面一点，也不要办无把握的过头事。”根据大家讨论的意见，最后决定，深入基层，充分发动群众，做好引漳入林的一切准备，把工作抓扎实，待请示上级党委批准后，立即上马。 11月6日，中共林县县委正式向中共新乡地委、河南省委报送《关于“引漳入林”工程施工的请示》。 1月16日，林县人民委员会向新乡专署和河南省人民委员会报送《关于兴建引漳入林工程请示报告》。 1月24日，杨贵给中共河南省委书记处书记史向生写信，请省委、省人委帮助给山西省委、省人委去函，协商从山西省境内兴建引漳入林工程问题，并委派中共林县县委农村工作部部长王才书等持信找省委领导。 从中共林县县委、县人委关于引漳入林工程的请示、上级的批复以及豫、晋两省领导人之间的协商信件，可以看出，林县人民大兴水利，开山引水，太行筑渠的大胆而富于创造性的方案，自始至终得到了各级政府以及河南、山西两省领导的高度重视和大力支持，从而为红旗渠的建设提供了思想上组织上及各方面的保证。中共河南省委和省人委对兴建引漳入林工程非常关注，向中共山西省委、省人委致函，省委书记处书记史向生和省委秘书长戴苏理，以个人名义给中共山西省委第一书记陶鲁笳、书记处书记王谦写信。这时已是1960年1月27日，正值己亥年腊月二十九，第二天就要过春节了，王才书和县人委山区建设部秘书石玉杰将过年与家人团聚的事置之度外，坐火车速赴山西省会太原市，找中共山西省委第一书记陶鲁笳，转达中共河南省委对兴建引漳入林工程的意见。山西省委顾全大局，2月1日陶鲁笳召集王谦、副省长刘开基等领导开会，林县的王才书、石玉杰列席参加，就林县要求从山西省境内引浊漳水入林县一事进行研究，并及时与中共晋东南地委、平顺县委联系，指示协助林县选好引漳入林工程的引水地点。 如果没有山西省委、省政府这种着眼全局的共产主义大协作精神，红旗渠的兴建是不可能成为现实的。 2004年金秋，在北京国家博物馆举办了“红旗渠精神展”，引起了极大轰动，有22万观众参观了这一展览。红旗渠建成40年后，再次呈现在首都人民面前，重新提起了“红旗渠精神”。 什么是红旗渠精神？这一年的《人民日报》在同月发表了系列文章，宣扬和鼓吹“红旗渠精神”。“人民论坛”发表的署名文章《感受红旗渠精神》，对此做了很好的解说：“……展览大厅陈列着当年修渠民工用过的铁锤、铁钻、提灯和食用的野菜。一件件珍贵的实物，一幅幅感人的照片，记载着40年前那段激情燃烧的岁月。其中特别让人震撼的，是那幅当年县委书记杨贵、县长李贵带领群众扛着铁镐走在修渠大军前列的照片。红旗渠是人工开凿的一项巨大工程，也正是在兴建这个工程中培育了伟大的红旗渠精神。红旗渠精神是自力更生、艰苦奋斗的精神。为了改变恶劣的自然环境，林县人民风餐露宿，开山劈路，跨壑架桥，凭着自己的双手，靠那一锤一钎，历经10年寒暑，硬是在太行山的悬崖峭壁上开凿出一条举世闻名的'人工天河'。红旗渠精神是身先士卒、无私奉献的精神。在建设红旗渠的奋斗中，县委书记、县长与人民群众吃住在现场，奋斗在前线，干部们抡锤打钎，党员们专挑重担。从他们身上，我们看到了共产党人与人民群众团结一心、同甘共苦的精神，看到了各级干部无私奉献、埋头苦干的作风。 “40年过去，中国人民走过了艰苦的岁月。在现实的繁荣和富庶之中，回望那一渠清水、招展的红旗和沸腾的人群，不由感慨万端，似乎有一种精神力量吸引着我们，凝聚着我们，感召着我们。红旗渠精神以其雄浑博大、荡气回肠的魅力，融入我们的民族精神，也给予我们深刻启示。 “创业时期需要艰苦奋斗的精神，生活条件好了同样需要艰苦奋斗精神。自力更生、艰苦奋斗是中华民族的优良传统，也是共产党人的政治本色。艰苦奋斗在不同历史阶段具有不同的内容和要求。我们并不是要把艰苦奋斗与改善物质文化生活对立起来，也不是要把艰苦奋斗与贫穷落后等同起来，而是提倡积极向上，坚持与时俱进。我国正处于社会主义初级阶段，全面建设小康社会的任务十分艰巨。实现振兴中华的伟大目标，需要我们继续做好长期创业的准备，需要各级领导干部吃苦在前、享受在后，需要教育我们的后代不懈奋斗。 “红旗渠是一座不朽的丰碑，红旗渠精神是一面永恒的旗帜。今天，我们举办'红旗渠精神展'，就是要使更多的人懂得：一个民族需要有民族精神，一个时代需要有时代精神。新的历史时期，虽然条件好了，但前进道路上还有高山险阻，还有激流险滩。在社会主义初级阶段，我们的建设任务还十分繁重；实现现代化的理想，还需要几代人、十几代人的艰苦奋斗。新世纪新阶段，我们仍需呼唤红旗渠精神，弘扬红旗渠精神，赋予红旗渠精神以新的时代内涵，让红旗渠精神转化为推进改革开放和现代化建设的巨大力量。”《人民日报》【2004年10月11日第四版】 我记得，最早是在学校组织的观看《红旗渠》纪录片，感受到林县人民那种气概和精神风貌。那是黑白纪录片，高耸的危崖，悬空的吊绳，抡铁锤的，扶钢钎的，都在半空的绝壁上，挥汗如雨，风雪无阻！许多年过去了，一说到红旗渠，眼前就会浮现银幕上那些凌空的身影。我还记得，在文化大革命中，最早读到的一本长诗，就是诗人王绶青与李洪程合写的《斗天图》。长诗写的是红旗渠的故事。在“文革”背景下，读到这样的长诗，终生都忘不了。上世纪90年代，在遵义娄山关与王绶青同游合影，还提起他在1990年《诗刊》上发表的《重访红旗渠》，这首诗写得很生动，又有文采，把我们带回那个不平凡的岁月： one 十年河东十年河西，哪曾想，重访红旗渠？ 四轮生风不扬尘，万树杏花扑早春。 千杯春雨醉入怀，红旗渠，可还是当年的风采？ 蜂勤蝶忙牛耕耘，又见当年修渠人。 一把握着英雄手，话未出唇口先抖！ 天老地老水不老，你黑发变成了断茎草； 云流水流山不流，你嫩脸变成了渠沟沟… 对着渠水照一照脸，渠啊渠，可还认得俺？ 对着大山喊几声，问一问，大山应不应？ 感情交流心交流，泪点稀来笑声稠。 人老骨瘦有精神，脸上一片火烧云。 山水含情情脉脉，怎能忘，荒年旱季那苦岁月…… two 自古林县旱霸山，吃水难于上青天！ 羊犄角冒烟石冒火，山草刷碗泪刷锅。 热身子烫得一河冰冰化； 捧起坑水洗把脸，蛤蟆蝌蚪钻进眼； 捧起窖水喝一口，羊屎蛋蛋卡住喉。 羊屎蛋蛋卡住喉，吓得苍鹰眼不睁； 坑水窖水活命水，雨水雪水点种水。 庄稼从根旱到梢，旱得那，云彩擦火能点粉！ 十年九早九绝收，旱魔一口吞了秋！ 树蔫禾蔫人也蔫，年年过不了水字关！ 家家被逼逃水荒，愁得那，座座青山结旱霜！ three 金子买不来的肝与胆，红旗渠动工在六零年。 吃的野菜糠窝窝，十万愚公肩膀膀上扛漳河； 姹紫嫣红百花鲜，一水演活了万重山！ 蜂蝶恋花花恋阳，睡梦里也在品水花香… 一条麻绳系在腰，搂着大山摔个跤； 悬崖绝壁荡飞绳，吓得苍鹰眼不睁； 排哑炮，顶塌方，阎王殿几进几出杀过回马枪… 一个炮眼一朵花，炸，炸，一幅幅壁毯云中挂。 千仞高山一寸寸凿，凿，凿，钢钎锻成掏耳眼勺 钢钎铁锤——绣花针，巧手给太行织云锦。 诗人王绶青的诗句把我们带回到当年红旗渠总干渠战天斗地的施工现场，让我们再次从有关的资料和历史记载中，还原那场“擒龙”之战，红旗渠当年施工的主要战役，再次让我们领略这一治水工程的丰采，领略红旗渠精神的魅力！ 1960年2月，总干渠全线开工，一场男女老少齐上阵，千军万马战太行的战斗打响了。修渠大军在太行山峦、浊漳河畔，摆开劈山引水“长蛇阵”，这是林县盘古治世开天辟地头一次，是林县人民与大自然作斗争的一场大决战。由于山路狭窄，崎岖不平，甭说走车，有些地方连人都难行走，建渠大军每天吃的粮食、蔬菜，烧的煤就需15万公斤，各种工具、建筑材料也得及时供应，交通运输成为修渠工程的首要问题。针对施工中出现的问题，杨贵和县委常委研究，认为这些问题都是前进中发生的一些新情况、新问题，决不能因此而畏难退缩，束手无策，必须坚定信心，采取有效措施，改进全线铺开的“长蛇阵”施工办法，缩短战线，干一段，成一段，通水一段，让群众看到成效，增强胜利的信心。 1960年3月6日至7日，中共林县引漳入林委员会全体【扩大】会议在盘阳村召开。这次会议，是红旗渠总干渠开凿中的一次重要会议，是一次战略性会议。县委主要领导杨贵、李运保、周绍先、秦太生等出席会议，由周绍先主持，杨贵作《要多快好省地完成引漳入林任务》的报告。会上，杨贵“建议把引漳入林这道渠，叫做'红旗渠'，高举红旗前进！” 1960年3月13日，根据红旗渠总指挥部的布置，及时组织第一期【渠首到河口】施工转移，总指挥部由任村公社盘阳村移师山西省平顺县石城公社王家庄大队浊漳河北崖下【当时阳高、石城、王家庄为一个公社】，靠崖搭棚安营扎寨，15个公社分指挥部及其连队也随着移师山西省境内渠段，并开始了紧张的施工。 这时，正是太行山披红挂绿桃杏花开的季节，景色万千，但最引人注目的是战斗在太行山上修渠健儿们劈山导河的壮观场面。工地上，红旗招展，人忙如潮，到处是一派生机勃勃的景象。耸入云端的悬崖峭壁上，架起一条条空运线；工地旁建起一座座石灰窑；山腰间生起一盘盘铁匠炉；爆破队爬崖攀壁，在鸟雀筑巢立足之处，凌空飞荡；垒砌工匠挥舞着锤、撬、泥刀，渠基一日日清晰，男女石匠锻石叮当作响，运输队担水运沙，抬石运料，来往如同穿梭。人声、车声、锤声在浊漳河的峡谷回荡。各营连驻地还办起钉鞋组、理发组、生活用品流动供应组。工地抬筐不够用，任村、石板岩等公社的民工谁都会自己编筐打篓，上山割来荆条，在他们灵巧的手里变成筐子。没有抬筐绳，各公社办起纺绳组，把一捆捆的麻丝变成麻绳，送到工地。这真是不靠天地靠双手，自力更生样样有。在谷堆寺东老虎岩上有一座古庙，门两旁刻着一副对联：“庙小神通大，威名震山岗。”一伙青年看后说笑一阵，用石灰抹掉，接着挥笔写上“人民力量大，逼水高山流”两行大字，道出林县数万名修渠健儿的豪情壮志。 4月28日，中央新闻纪录电影制片厂导演、编辑郝玉生和姜永川、赵化、陈中义、韩浩然、巴思光、方记等来到红旗渠工地，开始拍《红旗渠》新闻纪录片，民工们奔走相告：“咱这平民百姓，也要上电影了，一定要干出成绩来，让全国人民看看。”电影制片厂的编导与民工同吃、同住、同劳动，跑遍红旗渠工地的沟沟岭岭。摄影师赵化穿的布鞋磨透了，脚上起了血泡，却仍不停止工作。他们说：“看到林县人修红旗渠那个吃苦劲头，我们被感化了。” 渠首截流任村公社民工