Rising sea, the ancient name of South China Sea in China. Explaining the meaning of "ascending the sea", Qiongzhou County Records said: "Those who go south are also in Tianchi, and the earth is extremely embarrassing, so it is called Yanhai; The water overflowed, so it rose to the sea. "
Qu Dajun, a beginner in the Qing Dynasty, has a similar explanation in Cantonese Newspeak: "The sea is flooded, so it is called' rising the sea'." It reflects the ancient China people's understanding of tidal phenomena in the South China Sea.
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The place names of the South China Sea and the South China Sea Islands have long appeared in ancient books.
First, Xie Cheng's "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty" said that "the merits of the seven counties have all risen from the sea."
Tributes from the seven counties of Jiaozhi all went in and out with the rise of sea level.
Second, Yang Fu's "Records of Foreign Objects" in the Eastern Han Dynasty records: "When the sea rises, the water is shallow and there are many magnets. Outsiders take big ships, all of which are iron blocks. At this point, they can't pass the magnet. "
When the sea level rises, the water is shallow and there are many magnets. Overseas individuals take big ships, all made of iron. When they reach this point, they must not use more magnets.
Third, Song Liyun and others wrote A View of Taiping, quoting Fu Nan Chuan written by Kang Tai, the general of Wu Dong in the Three Kingdoms: "When you rise to the sea, you will arrive at Coral Island, where Pangu is at the bottom of the continent and corals are born."
In the rising sea, we arrived at Coral Island. At the bottom of the mainland, there is Pangu, where corals grow.
Fourth, Wu Wanzhen's "Zhou Nan Foreign Objects" in the Three Kingdoms said: "On the northeast line, the head of the giant battery is out of the sea, and there are many magnets in the middle and shallow."
Going northeast, the sea rises from the head of the big battery, which is very shallow and full of magnets.