The naming rules of rivers in China are quite interesting, the south is mostly named after "river", while the north is mostly "river". This law originated in ancient transliteration dialects and was inherited with the southward migration of the population of the Central Plains Dynasty. The great influence of the Yellow River has made it a norm for northern rivers to be named after "river".
Among the many "rivers" in the north, there is a unique river in the middle of Hebei called "a certain river". This river is the "Qingliang River", although it is called a river, it is insignificant compared to the parallel river systems such as the Wei Canal + Nanwei River, the Fuyang River + the Ziya River. Not only is the width limited, but the total length is only 195 kilometers according to network data.
In the South, the term "river" is often used for rivers with large flows, abundant water, and flowing through areas with abundant precipitation. This naming standard was also applied to newly opened up areas later, such as Heilongjiang and Songhua River in Northeast China. However, the "Qingliangjiang" located in Hebei Province clearly does not meet this criterion. Its water volume is limited, and the Laosha River upstream is a dry riverbed with wind and sand. So, why is this river uniquely named "River"?
First of all, let's take a look at the origin of this "river". According to the records in the mountains and rivers of Guangxu's "Guangping Mansion Chronicles", the Qingyang River is the old road of the Zhanghe River, which flows into Qinghe County from Niujiazhai (Qiu County) in Linqingzhou, and then passes through Wangcheng to the northeast to Zhangkuan Village, and finally enters the boundary of Wucheng County. It is also known as the Qingliang River, but it has been silted up for a long time and no longer has water flowing through. This name appeared during the period under the jurisdiction of Linqing Zhili Prefecture in Shandong Province before the founding of New China.
In the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, there is a more detailed description of the geographical features of Zaoqiang County:
There is a dry river flowing in the southeast direction, called Qingyang River, which is connected with Wucheng, Gucheng and Nangong in Shandong, with a total length of more than 100 miles. Most of the land is desolate and barren, and flooding causes the inhabitants to be washed away, causing many counties to be troubled. Because of its geographical location, it must pass through the Yellow River, people are accustomed to call it the Huanglu River, commonly known as the Huanglu River, which is also a misrepresentation of the name of Insolu. In the Song Dynasty, the Yellow River was diverted to flow north to Shanghukou, and merged with Zhangweihui to flow into the sea, forming a channel for the Yellow Water to enter the sea, thus getting the name of the Huanglu River, which is harmonious in the Lu Road, roughly originating from this.
The length of the Qingyang River is more than 100 li, and it was originally the old channel of the Yellow River, and during the Song Dynasty, the Yellow River was diverted at Shanghukou to merge with the Zhanghe River and the Weihe River into the sea, and the Qingyangjiang River also became a passage into the sea. For this reason, it is also known as the "Huanglu River".
In the records of the mountains and rivers of the "Zaoqiang County Chronicles" of the ** period, the Huanglu River, also known as the Qingyang River, is recorded as the Huanglu River in the provincial chronicles, which is the old road of Zhangshui. It is verified that the Huanglu River is the place where the Qinghe River passes through the old road, which was called Suolu as early as the Jin and Wei dynasties, and even had Suolu County in the Northern Wei Dynasty, which was later revoked in the Northern Qi Dynasty.
It should be emphasized that the Huanglu River was also called "Suolu" during the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Northern Wei Dynasty, when the Northern Wei Dynasty had set up a county in the Zaoqiang area called "Suolu County", but it was revoked during the Northern Qi Dynasty.
In the local annals of the counties through which the Qingliang River passes, there are various records of its names, including the Qingyang River and the Qingyang River, all of which actually refer to the same river. This kind of naming difference is common in ancient local chronicles, mainly due to dialect differences or individual reasons of the person who wrote it.
According to the records of the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, Qingliangjiang is another name of the Zhanghe River, and the name of "Jiang" originates from the dialect, which mistakenly reads "Zhang" as "Jiang", forming the "Qingyang River", which later evolved into "Qingliangjiang".
In general, the name of the Qingliang River originates from its clear water quality, and the use of the character "jiang" is the result of dialectal evolution, and the northern version of "jiang" is not directly related to the southern river named after "jiang".
The naming rules of rivers in China are quite interesting, the south is mostly named after "river", while the north is mostly "river". This law originated in ancient transliteration dialects and was inherited with the southward migration of the population of the Central Plains Dynasty. The great influence of the Yellow River has made it a norm for northern rivers to be named after "river".
Among the many "rivers" in the north, there is a unique river in the middle of Hebei called "a certain river". This river is the "Qingliang River", although it is called a river, it is insignificant compared to the parallel river systems such as the Wei Canal + Nanwei River, the Fuyang River + the Ziya River. Not only is the width limited, but the total length is only 195 kilometers according to network data.
In the South, the term "river" is often used for rivers with large flows, abundant water, and flowing through areas with abundant precipitation. This naming standard was also applied to newly opened up areas later, such as Heilongjiang and Songhua River in Northeast China. However, the "Qingliangjiang" located in Hebei Province clearly does not meet this criterion. Its water volume is limited, and the Laosha River upstream is a dry riverbed with wind and sand. So, why is this river uniquely named "River"?
First of all, let's take a look at the origin of this "river". According to the records in the mountains and rivers of Guangxu's "Guangping Mansion Chronicles", the Qingyang River is the old road of the Zhanghe River, which flows into Qinghe County from Niujiazhai (Qiu County) in Linqingzhou, and then passes through Wangcheng to the northeast to Zhangkuan Village, and finally enters the boundary of Wucheng County. It is also known as the Qingliang River, but it has been silted up for a long time and no longer has water flowing through. This name appeared during the period under the jurisdiction of Linqing Zhili Prefecture in Shandong Province before the founding of New China.
Although we know in the record that the Qingliang River is the old road of the Zhanghe River, it has always been entangled with the Zhanghe River. Today's Qingliang River is an independent river that has nothing to do with the Zhanghe River, so when did such a change occur?
Qing Guangxu's "Zaoqiang Ancient Zhangguan Dike Chronicles" recorded this change, pointing out that the Zhanghe River once had water to the original, and it was also very oceanic. However, in order to solve the problem of shallow water in the Zhanghe River, the Kangxi Dynasty began to implement the project and built the first embankment and the Wanjin embankment, so that the whole Zhanghe River flowed into the Wei River and formed a dry river. The purpose of this project is to ensure that the Wei River can transport grain smoothly.
In 1866, the old Zhanghe River in the "Zhili Shandong Province Geography Map" is no longer in Qingxian into the canal, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province, Qingxian County, when it belonged to the Zhili Hejian Mansion, was originally the place where the Zhanghe River entered the canal since the Yuan Dynasty, but since the Qing Dynasty Kangxi period "all Zhanggui Wei", the Zhanghe River flowing to Qingxian disappeared. **Qingxian Chronicles" mountains and rivers record, the old road of the Zhanghe River to the mouth of the Wenhe River in the south of Baojiazui in Qingxian County, during the Kangxi period, "the whole Zhangjia returned to the guard", and then the north of the Zhanghe River gradually declined, to the Kangxi fifty-four years, the Zhanghe River rebuilt the embankment pavilion pottery, the barrier did not make the north, so far the north road annihilated.
In fact, when the northern flow of the Zhanghe River was cut off and the engineering embankment and Wanjin embankment were put into effect, the course of the ancient Zhanghe River and the Qingliang River became a river independent of the Zhanghe River system. If every river has a source, its truncation is the source of the Qingliang River, "rebuild the embankment Guantao, the barrier does not make the north", this source is in Guantao County.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Qingliang River was reborn and became the main drainage channel in the southern and central parts of Hebei.
In 1963, floods occurred in the Haihe River basin, causing huge losses to the people. ** issued a call for "must ** Haihe", Qingliangjiang was therefore given a new mission. The Qingliang River, which has been dry for many years, has become the main channel for drainage and water conveyance in the Heilonggang Basin, and together with the Dongfeng Canal and the Laosha River in the upper reaches, it constitutes the Qingliang River water system, of which the Dongfeng Canal has become its new source.
The Dongfeng Canal starts from Beishan Village, Wei County, Handan City, passes through Guangping County, Feixiang District and Quzhou County to the north, and finally flows into another old road of the original Zhanghe River. After the Shadong Trunk Canal was injected into Qiu Town, Qiu County, the name of "Qingliang River" began to be used. After the Qingliang River flows to Qiaoguantun Village, Wenmiao Town, Botou City, Cangzhou City, it is diverted to the east and flows into the Nanpai River, and finally flows into the Bohai Sea in Zhaojiabao, Nanpaihe Town, Huanghua City.
The Qingliang River plays a key role in the whole process of water diversion and drainage, and has become an important channel for "diverting water from the Yellow River to Tianjin". In order to meet the water demand of Tianjin, in the eighties of the last century, the project of "diverting water from Huang to Tianjin" was implemented. The project diverts water from the Weishan Gate of the Yellow River in Dong'e County, Liaocheng City, Shandong Province, through the three trunk canals of Weishan to the Yellow River through the Weiwei hub of Linqing City, enters the Linqing Canal, Qingliangjiang and Qingnan Lianqu in Hebei Province, enters the South Canal near Botou City, and finally enters Tianjin through the Jiuxuan Gate.
The Weixi Trunk Canal (now known as the Yongji River) in Guantao County eventually joined the Qingliang River. Founded in 1958, the Weixi Trunk Canal flows through the territory of Guantao County, runs through the center of the county from south to north, passes through 5 townships of Wangqiao, Guantao, Chaibao, Nanxu Village and Luqiao, and finally joins the Qingliang River in Caizhai Village, Weixian County.
To sum up, the Weixi Trunk Canal and Laosha River in Guantao County eventually merged into the Qingliang River and became part of the Nanpai River leading to the sea. The Qingliang River plays an important role in water diversion and drainage in the whole system, and plays an irreplaceable role in water resource allocation and irrigation in North China.