有人把南小河沟称为“黄土高原上的明珠”,有人又称它为“水土保持的活展覽館”。不管称呼什么,南小河沟近几年来确实吸引着成千上万个参观者,它活生生地向人們展示了在水土流失严重的黄河中游,在实現农业集体化以后的农民面前,不仅能够逐步控制水土流失,減輕黄河下游的危害,而且,通过保持水土的斗爭,农业增产了,林业、牧业发展了,副业获得了新門路,連鯉魚也跃上了这个历来連飲水都非常困难的黄土高原。 Some people refer to the South Xiaohe Gully as “the pearl on the Loess Plateau,” and some people call it “a living exhibition hall for soil and water conservation.” Regardless of what it is called, Nanxiaohe Ditch has indeed attracted tens of thousands of visitors in recent years. It vividly shows people that in the middle reaches of the Yellow River where soil erosion is serious, not only can farmers gradually be controlled after the agricultural collectivization Soil and water loss and mitigation of the harm caused by the lower reaches of the Yellow River. Moreover, by sustaining the struggle for soil and water, agriculture has increased and forestry and animal husbandry have developed. Sideline occupations have gained new paths. Even carp has leaped onto the Loess Plateau, .