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Yellow River Dam Project Scenic Area at Xiaolangdi, Luoyang Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! It’s so nice to meet you here!

First of all, please allow me to introduce us to you. My name is Li, you can call me English name Heather, your local guide from Henan Youth Travel Agency, while our driver is Mr. Wang who is serious and very experienced. So you are in safe hand. On behalf of Henan Youth Travel Agency, we would like to extend our warmest welcome to you: welcome to Henan. During your stay in Henan, we two would do our utmost to make your stay pleasant! And your cooperation would be appreciated! If you have troubles or problems, don’t be hesitated to tell us. We would be very pleased to help you. Wish you a wonderful stay in Henan! Thank you!

Perhaps it is the first time for you to visit Henan, so I’d like to give you a brief introduction about it!

Henan province, also called “Yu” for short, meaning a man pulling an elephant, is situated right in the heart of China, covering an area of 167,000 square kilometers, with a total population of 97 million, which is the largest of all provinces in China.

Henan is also named “central plain” or “Central State”, for over 4,000 years ago, China was divided into nine state. Henan was called Yu State, and was located in the middle of the nine state, hence the name. And you must heard Luoyang, a city which has a long history.

Luoyang is located at the western part of Henan Province. It stretches over both the south and north banks of the central reaches of the Yellow River. As the city is also situated on the northern bank of the Luohe River and faces the sun, hence the name, Luoyang. Luoyang is famous for being ancient capitals of 9 dynasties. During the time of serving as capitals, Luoyang was always the center of China’s politics, economy and culture. Lots of historical events of great importance took place here. It is also one of the excellent tourists cities in China and now is striving for the title of the best tourist city in our country. Luoyang is a city, not only rich in natural landscape but also abundant in man-made scenery. Today, I’d like to show you one of the famous natural landscapes in the region -- Yellow River Dam Project Scenic Area at Xiaolangdi. I’m sure you’ll love it.

So, now please take your valuable things along with you

and get ready to get off the bus.

Dear friends, we have now entered the largest

heavenly-created fairyland on water—the Thousand-Island Lake of Xiaolangdi on the Yellow River. Looking eastward, the dyke we see is the Xiaolangdi Main Dam, named after Xiaolangdi village of Mengjin Country where it is built.

The Yellow River Dam Project Scenic Area at Xiaolangdi at the mouth of the last gorge of the middle reaches of the Yellow River some 40 kilometers to the north of Luoyang city, Henan Province. As the largest water-control project on the Yellow River, Xiaolangdi is able to play an important role not only in flood control, ice prevention, silt reduction, irrigation, water supply and electric power generation in Henan Province and even in the whole region of the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, but also in providing a new tourist attraction for tourists both at home and abroad. The dam is 1317 meters long and 281 meters in height, stretching from Xiao Mountain in south, to Wangwu Mountain in north. It is the biggest soil-based dam built on the rivers of our country and is able to control the