1391 Yellow River flood

Natural disaster in China The 1391 Yellow River flood was a major natural disaster during the early Ming dynasty in China. The river flooded from Kaifeng to Fengyang in Anhui and shifted course, with the old route past Xuzhou becoming known as the "Little Yellow River" and the new main artery running into the Huai River becoming the "Big Yellow River".Tsai, Shih-Shan Henry. SUNY Series in Chinese Local Studies: The Eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty. SUNY Press, 1996. 0791426874, 9780791426876. Accessed 16 Oct 2012. References 2 Category:History of Kaifeng Category:Disasters in the Ming dynasty Yellow River Flood, 1391 Yellow River Flood, 1391 Category:Yellow River floods Category:14th-century floods