Huangcai Reservoir

The Huangcai Reservoir (simplified Chinese: 黄材水库; traditional Chinese: 黃材水庫; pinyin: Huángcái Shuǐkù), also known as Qingyang Lake (Chinese: 青羊湖) is a large reservoir located in the northwestern part of Ningxiang in the province of Hunan, China.[2][3] It is the largest body of water in Ningxiang and the largest reservoir in Ningxiang. The reservoir is the source of the Wei River. It cost about RMB 5,393,300,000.

Huangcai Reservoir
Qingyang Lake
Huangcai Reservoir
Huangcai Reservoir
LocationHuangcai Town, Ningxiang City, Hunan
Coordinates28°09′04″N 112°03′43″E
TypeReservoir
Native name黄材水库  (Chinese)
Primary outflowsWei River
Basin countriesChina
BuiltSeptember 1958 (1958-09)
First flooded1965 (1965)
Surface area240.8 square kilometres (93.0 sq mi)
Water volume147 million cubic metres (39×10^9 US gal)
References[1]

Created by damming some small rivers, Huangcai Reservoir, with an area of 240.8 square kilometres (59,500 acres), the reservoir has a capacity of 147,000,000 cubic metres (39×10^9 US gal).[3]

History

In 1949, the People's Government of Ningxiang, planned to build a reservoir for irrigation, flood control, electricity generation and fish farming.[4]

In 1952, scientists started to survey the boundaries of a piece of land in Huangcai Town.[2][4] In 1957, scientists started designing it.[4] In May 1958, the construction work started.[4] On 9 May 1961, the Chairman Liu Shaoqi and his wife Wang Guangmei, General Gan Siqi and his wife Li Zhen, the secretary of agriculture minister Liao Luyan, Xu Teli, the interior minister Xie Juezai, and the provincial party secretary Zhou Xiaozhou took part in labour.[4]

In May 1965, the government mobilized a large amount of human labor to complete the project.[4]

Huangcai Reservoir
Huangcai Reservoir

References
  1. "Archived copy" 湖南政府网. hnwr.gov.cn (in Chinese). 2014-11-17. Archived from the original on 2007-04-21. Retrieved 2013-08-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Wang Xijia (2014), p. 28.
  3. Huang Haichao & Jiang Hongzhao (2002), p. 35.
  4. Huang Haichao & Jiang Hongzhao (2002), p. 68–69.

Bibliography
  • Huang Haichao; Jiang Hongzhao (2002). 宁乡史地 [History and Geography of Ningxiang] (in Chinese). Hainan: Nanfang Publishing House. ISBN 7-80660-538-X.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Wang Xijia (2014). 长沙史话 [A Brief History of Changsha] (in Chinese). Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press. ISBN 978-7-5097-6662-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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