Yellow River's gift of life inspires tide of praise

She is considered the mother river that nurtured Chinese civilization. Today, she is still nurturing farmlands and people are relying on her to live.

The Yellow River, with a total length of 5,464 kilometers and running through nine provinces and autonomous regions in China, including Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu and Henan, has become an inspiration for singer-songwriter Su Yang, who initiated a project, titled Yellow River Runs Forth, in 2016.

The project showcases the sound and visual materials Su has gathered during the past two decades of traveling along the Yellow River, as well as the paintings he created based on the areas he visited and a movie about local folk artists.