| THE SOURCE OF THE YELLOW RIVER: AN OLYMPIC-SIZED EVENT (34°29'31.1"N 96°20'24.6"E) The CERS expedition to the source of the Yellow River in 2008 followed founder Howman Wong’s contribution as an Olympic torch bearer for the 2008 games in Beijing. The expedition also documented other historical events no less momentous for China and world. 34°29'31.1" 96°20'24.6", 4878 meters above sea level, 12:15, 29 June 2008 |
YELLOW RIVER - EXPEDITION TO THE SOURCE
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| Qinghai, China, July 2008 The eighteen member CERS team reaches the spring of the Yellow River and marks its source. (shortened version for online use) |
DISCOVERY: A NEW YELLOW RIVER SOURCE
Wong How Man
Xining, Qinghai - July 3, 2008
The famous 8th Century Tang Dynasty poets Li Bai and Wang Zhihuan both used their poems to praise the Yellow River. Li wrote, “The Yellow River water comes from the sky” or heaven, while Wang described it similarly, “Yellow River far and high among the white clouds.”
In my experience, though, the Yellow River came from right below my feet. I was standing above its source, at the ridge and watershed between the two great rivers of China, the Yellow and the Yangtze. It was not at all “yellow,” either, but pure and clear.