Beijiang is one of the main streams of the Pearl River system, originating from Damao Mountain in Shijie, Xinfeng County, Jiangxi Province. The Beijiang River system originates from Damao Mountain in Shijie, Xinfeng County, Jiangxi Province. Its main stream flows through Nanxiong City and Shixing County in Guangdong Province to Shaoguan City, then turns south and flows through Yingde City and Qingyuan City to Sanshui District of Foshan City. Sixianjiao, connected with the Xijiang River, flows into the Pearl River Delta and exits the Pearl River Estuary at Xiaohushan Island, Huangge Town, Panyu District, Guangzhou City.
The main stream of the Beijiang River flows through Nanxiong City, Shixing County, Shaoguan City, Yingde City, and Qingyuan City in Guangdong Province to Sixianjiao, Sanshui District, Foshan City. It connects with the Xijiang River and then merges into the Pearl River Delta. Xiaohushan Island, Huangge Town, Panyu District, Guangzhou City, Yanwei exits the Pearl River Estuary. The main stream is 573 kilometers long, with an average gradient of 0.7‰ and a water collection area of ??52,068 square kilometers, accounting for 10.3% of the total area of ??the Pearl River Basin; part of the basin crosses into Hunan and Jiangxi provinces.
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The evolution of the historical name of the Beijiang River
Beijiang is an important river in the Pearl River system. It originates from Shixi Bay in Xinfeng, Jiangxi, and its main flow is After it merges with Wu River in Shaoguan, it is called Beijiang. It flows through Qujiang, Yingde, Qingxin, Qingcheng, and meets the Xijiang River in Sanshui, with a total length of 468 kilometers. Within the territory of Qingyuan, rivers such as the Puweng River, Lianjiang River, and Pajiang River flow into the area, forming a vast irrigation network that is the mother river on which people of all ethnic groups depend for their survival and development.
The name Beijiang is its current appellation. This is the name of the river that the world gave to it with Guangzhou as the center after Guangzhou became the political center of Guangdong. So before that, were there other names for Beijiang? Yes, and there were more than one. Before the Qin and Han Dynasties, Beijiang was called "Sishui". This is clearly recorded in the "Book of Mountains and Seas" written during the Warring States Period, and should be its earliest name.
Even after that, until the Tang and Song Dynasties, various documents called Beijiang Qinshui, and it became the "correct name" recognized by the government and the public. Therefore, Li Daoyuan explained in his "Shui Jing Zhu": "Si Shui is another name for Gai Qinshui."
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