山西孟门镇是地处晋陕大峡谷,黄河东岸的一个古镇,是华夏文明发祥地之一。传说“大禹治水”的故事就发生于此。《吕氏春秋》记载:“昔上古,龙门未开,吕梁未发,河出孟门,大溢逆流,无有丘陵沃野平原高阜,尽皆灭之”。帝尧命鲧治水,耗时九年未果被舜诛之。舜命鲧的儿子禹继续治水,大禹带领人民劈开孟门,疏通河道,肆虐的洪水于是得以治理。大禹从治水起家,后经营天下建立了辉煌的夏王朝。孟门,因水道下通黄河下游,旱路上通塞外草原,交通便利,自古便是商贸重镇,早在北周大 Mengmen Town, Shanxi Province is located in the Grand Canyon, the Yellow River, an ancient town on the east coast of the Yellow River, is one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization. Legend “Dayu flood control” story took place here. “Lu’s Spring and Autumn” records: “The ancient past, the gantry is not open, Luliang not issued, the river Mengmen, overflowing counter-current, there is no hilly Wilderness Plains Gaofu, all off”. Emperor Yao Ming 鲧 rule water, took nine years unsuccessful Shun fierce. Yu’s son, Yu Shunzhi, continued to treat the floods. Da Yu led the people to split the Mengmen River and unblock the river. Floods that were raging were then governed. Dayu started from the flood control, after the operation of the world established a brilliant summer dynasty. Mengmen, due to the lower reaches of the Yellow River through the watercourse, the dry road on the pass outside the steppe, convenient transportation, since ancient times is the commerce and trade center, as early as the North Zhou dynasty