Legend of Qinhuai River

Qinhuai River is the largest river in Nanjing. Qinhuai River is divided into inland river and outer river. The inland river is in Nanjing, which is the most prosperous place in Shili Qinhuai. Qinhuai River has two sources, the east source comes from Baohua Mountain in jurong city, and the south source comes from Donglu Mountain in Lishui County. These two sources meet at Fangshan Dai in Jiangning District and flow into Nanjing from Dongshuiguan. Qinhuai River runs through the urban area from east to west, flows out from Xishuiguan in the south and joins the Yangtze River. Qinhuai River, formerly known as Huaishui and named Longcangpu, has a total length of about 1 10 km and a drainage area of more than 2,600 square kilometers. It is the main river in Nanjing and is very famous in history. According to legend, when Qin Shihuang visited the east, he looked at the purple gas rising above Jinling and thought it was a royal thing, so he chiseled Fangshan, broke the long ridge and entered the river. Later generations mistakenly thought that the water was opened in Qin dynasty, so it was called "Qinhuai". Qinhuai River is the cradle of ancient civilization in Nanjing. As early as the Stone Age, there were human activities in the basin. From Dongshuiguan to Xishuiguan, the river bank has been a residential area in the bustling business district since Dongwu. During the Six Dynasties, it became a settlement of famous families, with merchants and scholars gathering together and Confucianism flourishing. After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it gradually declined, but it attracted countless literati and poets to pay tribute here, lamenting that "Wang Xietang died in the past and flew into the homes of ordinary people". In the Song Dynasty, it gradually recovered as the cultural center of Jiangnan. Ming and Qing Dynasties were the heyday of Shili Qinhuai. Gold powder towers, row upon row; The original painting "Ling Bo" is a dream-like spectacle, accompanied by the sound of paddles and lights. However, in modern times, due to war and other reasons, river pollution has become increasingly serious, and most of the buildings on both sides of the strait have been destroyed, and the bustling scene of the past no longer exists. After 1985, Jiangsu Province and Nanjing allocated huge sums of money to repair this scenic belt, and Qinhuai River once again became a famous tourist attraction in China. In ancient times, Qinhuai River was a tributary of the Yangtze River. In the new era, the dense population and developed economy along the coast gave birth to the ancient culture of Nanjing, which is called "the mother river of Nanjing". Qinhuai River is the cradle of ancient civilization in Nanjing. As early as the Stone Age, there were human activities in the basin. From Dongshuiguan to Xishuiguan, the river bank has been a residential area in the bustling business district since Dongwu. Since the Southern Dynasties, Qinhuai River has become a settlement of noble families. There are many restaurants on both sides of the strait, full of wine and melodious music, and countless merchant ships shuttle across the river day and night. Many singers stayed in it, singing and dancing lightly, and literati lingered among them. The story of beautiful women has been passed down through the ages. During the Six Dynasties, Qinhuai River and Confucius Temple became the gathering places of literati, and Wuyi Lane, Zhuque Bridge and Taoyedu on both sides of the strait became romantic and picturesque, which was passed down for thousands of years. Wuyi Lane was the romantic center of Qinhuai during the Six Dynasties. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Wang Dao lived with Xie An and became famous all over the world. After Sui and Tang Dynasties, Qinhuai River gradually declined, but it attracted numerous literati and poets to pay their respects here. Confucianism flourished. Jiangnan Gongyuan, built in the Southern Song Dynasty, became the largest imperial examination room in ancient China, so Qinhuai gradually recovered as the cultural center of Jiangnan. The Ming and Qing Dynasties were the heyday of Shili Qinhuai, with rich people and brothels, and the original painter Ling Bo became the land of beautiful women in the south of the Yangtze River. Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty ordered 10,000 small lanterns to be set off on the Qinhuai River during the Lantern Festival. Splendid lanterns and gold powder towers on both sides of Qinhuai River were originally painted by Ling Bo. In the Qing Dynasty, there were 58 top high school students in Gongyuan Examination Area in Jiangnan, accounting for 52% of the total number of top high school students in Qing Dynasty. Celebrities in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, such as Wu Cheng'en, Wu, Weng Tonghe and Zhang Jian, all came from here.