In the Tang Dynasty, according to this legend, it was renamed Qinhuai. In Li Bai's poem "Farewell to the Duke of Jinling", there is also a poem "Six generations are more overlord, and the ruins see the capital. Today, the name of Qinhuai River has appeared in the poem "Li Lexiu Qunying" between Qinhuai.
As for the origin of this river, The Tales of the Six Dynasties states: "The Huaihe River was not artificially distributed, and it is suspected that it was not opened by the first emperor." Confirmed by geologists and archaeologists, Qinhuai River is a natural river, not artificial. However, some of these sections were dug by hand and cannot be ruled out.
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Qinhuai River, a tributary of the right bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China. It was called Longzangpu in ancient times, Huaishui in Han Dynasty and Qinhuai in Tang Dynasty. Qinhuai River has two sources, the Jurong River in the north originates from the southern foot of Baohua Mountain in jurong city, and the Lishui River in the south originates from Donglu Mountain in Lishui District.
The two rivers flow into the main stream of Qinhuai River in Daixi North Village, Fangshan, Jiangning District, Nanjing, bypassing Fangshan to the gate of the outer city in the northwest, flowing into Nanjing from Dongshuiguan, traversing the urban area from east to west, flowing out from Xishuiguan and flowing into the Yangtze River in the south. ?
Qinhuai River, the largest regional river in Nanjing, is mostly located in Nanjing. Historically, its shipping and irrigation functions gave birth to the ancient civilization of Nanjing, which is called the mother river of Nanjing. It is very famous in history and is called "the first historical and cultural river in China".
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Baidu Encyclopedia-Qinhuai River (tributary on the right bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River)