雙語科技百科(近現代成就) 第92期:紅旗渠
Red Flag Canal
Located at the juncture of the three provinces of Henan, Shanxi and Hebei and in the north of Linzhou City 61 kilometers away from Anyang City, the Red Flag Canal was dug on preapitous rock faces and sheer cliffs in Taihang Mountains by people of Linxian County in 1960. Red Flag Canal is 70 kilo-meters long, 4.3 meters high and 8 meters wide with a water diversion capacity of 18. 3 cubic meters/-Flag Canal is a monument to the industry and wisdom of Linzhou people created since the birth of PRC, valuable both in the material sense and the spiritual. Traditional Chinese virtues of cooperation, solidification, creation and sacrifice, manifested in this project by Linzhou people, were widely admired everywhere in China. "The new-born China has two wonders: the Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing and the Red Flag Canal in Linxian County ( now called Linzhou) " , Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai told his foreign friends proudly in the 1970s. With a reputation at home and abroad, it is known as " manmade river in heaven" and. "today’s Great Wall"
紅旗渠構築位於豫、晉、冀三省交界處'距安陽市林州縣北部61千米遠。紅渠是1960年林縣人民在太行山懸崖峭壁上盤山開鑿的。長達70千米，渠高4.3米，寬8米，引水量18.3立方米／秒，是新中國林州人民勤勞與智慧的結晶，它不僅是一筆巨大的物質財富，而且是一筆巨大的精神財富。在此工程中，林州人民體現出的自力更生，艱苦創業，團結協作，無私奉獻的優良傳統美德和感人精神，受到世人的稱讚而廣爲傳頌。20世紀70年代周恩來總理曾自豪的告訴國際友人，“新中國有兩大奇蹟，一個是南京長江大橋，一個是林縣（現名林州）紅旗渠”。紅旗渠在國內外享有很高的知名度，被譽爲“人造天河”、“當代萬里長城”
