毛泽东主席一生中从未去过衡水,但他却亲口解释过“衡水就是洪水横流”。那是1963年河北特大洪水之后,老人家亲自到河北省会天津,召集省、地领导研究治水事宜。他对当时的衡水地委主要负责同志说:“衡水是历来遭灾的。为什么叫衡水?衡水就是洪水横流,患难于中国。这是禹王之事,书经有载。”衡水,作为衡水地区的一个县,她是年轻的。隋开皇十六年置衡水县,至今只有一千四百一十八岁。而衡水地区其他县,多在汉高祖那个年代就有了,屈指算来,至少已有两千两百多岁。衡水作为一个地区,她是年轻的。 Chairman Mao Zedong's life has never been to Hengshui, but he himself explained that “Hengshui is a flood cross-current ”. That was after the flood in 1963 in Hebei Province. The elderly went to Tianjin, the capital of Hebei Province, to convene the provincial and prefectural governments to study the issue of water treatment. He Hengshui prefectural committee was responsible for comrades at the time said: “Hengshui is always hit .Why Hengshui? Hengshui is the flood cross-flow, suffering from China .This is the king of things, the book contains.” "Hengshui, As a county in Hengshui, she is young. Sui Kaihuang 16 years Hengshui County, so far only 1418 years old. Other counties in Hengshui Prefecture were mostly at the Han emperor's age. At least, there were at least 2,200 years of age. Hengshui as a region, she is young.