The Yangtze has been the "granary" of China for thousands of years, owing primarily to the fertile "black soil" that the river deposits on its downstream shores.
中華民族在此耕種了幾千年，耕地不曾貧瘠、糧產未曾稍減，不是奇蹟，而是長江從上游帶來豐沃的「黑土」，在中、下游堆積，造成了肥腴的兩岸平原及長江三角洲。