The Kangxi Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour (IX) / The Kangxi Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour (IX), 6

Kangxi, the Manchu emperor of the Qing dynasty, the fourth representative of the Manchu dynasty, who ruled all of China that was part of the Qing empire. He came to the throne at the age of 6 and began to rule under the motto "Kangxi" (Prosperous and Radiant). His 61 years of skillful rule is a record long in Chinese history. The Kangxi era became a symbol of prosperity, the “golden age” of the Chinese Empire.
To strengthen the alliance of the Manchus with the Chinese elite, Kangxi made a series of tours visiting the sacred and revered mausoleums of the Chinese. One of them is the mausoleum of Yu the Great, the legendary ruler of Ancient China.
Historians around the world are still looking for an answer to the question: when and where the Xia dynasty existed. Scientists believe that it was around the 21st century BC
The founder of Xia is considered Yu - Great Yu (2205-2198 BC)
Chinese tradition attributes him to the invention of the carriage, boat, writing, music, medicine, as well as ways of breeding silkworms. Moreover, the Huang-di was considered the common ancestor of all the tribes inhabiting the Central Plain (basin of the middle reaches of the Yellow River). All this information belongs to the field of mythology, but it shows how much respect Yu enjoyed not only in himself, but also because of his origin.

Much is known about the legendary founder of the Xia Da Yue dynasty, but at the same time, none of the events in his life can be dated with any certainty. Legends portray him as the ideal ruler who dedicated his entire life to the needs of the people. The main act of the Great Yu was the suppression of the flood that washed over the empire. The floods that plagued his kingdom were so catastrophic that sometimes the water reached the tops of the highest hills. Da Yu decided to rid the country of this scourge and began to widen river beds, build dams and dig canals. According to one of the legends, Yui was a dragon, and when it came time to take up work, he called his kindred. Under his leadership, dragons, which are still considered sacred animals of China, drained excess water from the fields, laid new river channels, so that soon there were almost no rivers left whose banks did not undergo changes. Work on draining the country dragged on for many years. According to legend, Yu did not cross the threshold of his home for thirty years, although he passed its doors three times during this time. Of course, the legends are exaggerated and, most likely, Yu simply directed the land reclamation process, but after the measures he took, the floods ceased to threaten the Celestial Empire. Another important work attributed to Yu is the division of the empire into nine regions. For each of them, Da Yu defined the boundaries, collected information about the mountains, rivers, soil quality and, based on this, determined the number of taxes that each region had to send annually to the capital.