Red Flag Canal
The Red Flag Canal is an irrigation canal located 80 km northwest of Anyang in the northern extremity of Henan, China.
- location
- 80 km northwest of Anyang, Henan, China
- main_canal_length
- 71 km (44 mi)
- water_source
- Zhang River
- irrigates
- Linzhou district
Lore & Background
The dam is located near the corner of three provinces: Henan, Shanxi, and Hebei. The irrigation system, including branches, is claimed to have a total length of 1,500 km. It irrigates the fields of the Linzhou district.
Reader's Guide
The Red Flag Canal was considered a great achievement of Chinese workers in the 1960s and was featured in propaganda both internal and external to China as an exemplar of what workers could achieve and local mass initiative. It was the subject of several movies. The canal remains a notable example of large-scale manual infrastructure construction from that period.
Did You Know?
- The Red Flag Canal includes 42 tunnels through the Taihang Mountains.
- The main canal is 71 km long, with the total irrigation system claimed to be 1,500 km.
- The canal diverts water from the Zhang River near the border of Henan, Shanxi, and Hebei provinces.
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