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The birthplace of the Spirit of the Red Flag Canal—My hometown LinzhouTo the northwest of Anyang lies a city called Linzhou, which sounds a stranger to most people. However, if one starts to talk about the Red-Flag Canal of Linxian County, the album of old days will unfold itself in surges. In 1960s when the PRC was suffering its most terrible economic nightmares, the heroic people from Linxian County raised money on their own and began to cut tunnels through mountains and build bridges across gullies with hands, hammers, drills and the tiny bit of self-made explosive. A decade passed. The undulating Taihang Mountain witnessed the birth of a Milky Way on the earth, the Red-Flag Canal . The canal, being composed of trunk, lateral and branch sections, extends 1,500 kilometers along the Taihang Range.Along it the turbulent Zhuozhang River roars all the way to Linzhou City and rewrites the generations history of the county as a place in shortage of water. While Du Dyke River Project is the pearl in the south, Red-Flag Canal stands as the landmark in the north. Forty years was gone, today the Zhuozhang River is stilling running tamely along the mountain and nourishing the beautiful city of Linzhou . No water to wash face in the years of drought Linzhou City , formerly known as Linxian County . Locates in the northwest of Henan Province . Lying at the eastern foot of southern part of Taihang Mountain . it is the place where Henan , Shanxi and Hebei provinces meet. The mountainous and rocky county has a very thin layer of soil and is dotted with hills and peaks. The eastern part is about 300-400 meters in elevation. In the west the Linlu Mountain at the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain is about 1,500 meters high above sea level. When one looking up in Linzhou, the towering Linlu Mountain will just jump into the eyes. Its cliffs soar up into the sky and set a sharp contrast with Linzhou Basin . Half way up the mountain is the famous Red-Flag Canal , wandering through the