The Yellow River, known as the Cradle of Chinese Civilization, is not just a long and winding icon of China, but also a symbol of the Chinese spirit: bearing burdens (its sedimentation), adaptation (its shifting course) and perseverance (its continual flow).
The second longest river in China originates at an elevation above 4,600 meters on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in Qinghai Province and flows from west to east through eight more provinces and autonomous regions—Sichuan, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong.
For thousands of years, the river has been admired by great poets and artists, with their words and melodies telling of the spirit of the Yellow River and Chinese people.
For thousands of years, the country’s Mother River, the most sediment-laden stream in the world, has been a source
