Long ago, droughts and floods often took place in the middle and
lower reaches of the Yangtze River, making the lives of people
living around the area very arduous.
However, Hetao (the Great Bend of the Yellow River) prefecture
of Inner Mongolia often enjoyed abundant harvests of all crops
every year. The Hetao people were well fed and well clad and they
lived and worked in peace and contentment. Finally, it was found
that there was a golden foal hidden in the section of the Yellow
River that passes through Hetao. With the blesses of the golden
foal, the Hetao people enjoyed the special favor of god.
Therefore, southerners traveled over 10,000 km to Hetao. They
wanted to take the golden foal to the south. Just as the
southerners arrived in Hetao, the golden foal appeared from the
Yellow River. It galloped away from south to north at a high speed,
passing Dengkou of Bayannao'er City, Hangjin Rear Banner, Urad Rear
Banner, Linhe and Wuyuan, and eventually laid down at the Gobi
before Urad Front Banner.
The southerners continued to pursue the golden foal. It sprang
to its feet and jumped into the Yellow River, making it impossible
for people to find it. It was strange that shortly after that, the
ground where the golden foal passed began to crack and shake, and
long deep ditches appeared, today's Wula River and Wujia River. The
place where the golden foal once laid down became a deep pit, which
is today's Wuliangsuhai. When the golden foal ran for the second
time, its halter drew a waterway that led to the Yellow River,
making the dried Urad Grassland connect with the Yellow River on
both sides and forming a fishing village and watery region like
Wuliangsuhai. Who dares to say that this good fortune was not
because of the golden foal?