Two Cutoffs of Yangtze River

Yellow River has many times of cutoffs in Yellow River history as well as the Yangtze River. In Yangtze River history, there are also two times of cutoffs happened in Taixing City of Jiangsu Province.

It is said that there are three times of cutoffs of Yellow River per four years. From 1972-1996, there are so many times of cutoffs in 25 years.

Two Cutoffs of Yangtze River - Yangtze River

Yangtze River is 6397 kilometers long with profound Chinese history and Chinese culture. It is the largest river of Asia. It originates from the Mt. Geladandong of Mt. Tanggula. Yangtze River flows through Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Sichuan Province, Tibet, Yunnan Province, Chongqing Municipality, Hubei Province, Hunan Province, Jiangxi Province, Anhui Province, Jiangsu Province, Shanghai Municipality and the East Chinese Sea.

Yangtze River Basin stretches from the west to east with 3219 kilometers long, and it stretches from north to south with more than 966 kilometers long.

Two Cutoffs of Yangtze River – Cutoff

The two times of cutoffs of Yangtze River are both happened in Taixing City of Jiangsu Province, which becomes the mystery of Yangtze River history. Taixing City is one of the cities along the Yangtze River. Therefore, Taixing City has also been called the Devil triangle.

According to the records of Taixing City, in July, 1298 the water level rises 16.6 meter high. With the terrible flood, many people and animals were drowned at that time.

Next, in April 1342, the water of Yangtze River was dried up in one night. It couldn't be imagine the truth of it.

There is a waterway for Yangtze Cruise's navigation in Taixing City. When the waterway became dried up, people went to the river bank to pick the stuffs. But suddenly, the disaster of flood happened again next day. Many people died in the flood.

The same misfortune happened again on 13th January, 1954. At 4 o'clock pm, the sky is not blue but yellow, the water suddenly dried up. The Yangtze Cruise ran ground on Yangtze River. People felt scared about that strange situation. It is said unusual.

About two hours later, the stranger thing happened. The water inundated toward people suddenly again. Fortunately, no one died in the accident.

The two times of cutoffs of Yangtze River happened at the same place, which is the most mystery of Yangtze River history. Still now, many people continuously research the facts of Yangtze River.