On the Sanmenxia Dam in Henan Province, a massive hydrological project built in the 1950s and the first of its kind along the Yellow River, there are paintings of eight characters that say, "when the Yellow River is at peace, China is at peace". The river's large sediment load has historically made it prone to flooding, earning it the name "China's Sorrow" and legend has it that Yu the Great, one of the first emperors of China, established his legitimacy to rule by bringing the Yellow River floods under control.

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