Why is the Yangtze River called a river and why is the Yellow River called a river? What is the diff

Updated on culture 2024-07-02
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  1. Anonymous users2024-02-12

    In ancient books, Jiang refers to the "Yangtze River", and the river refers specifically to the "Yellow River".

    The Yellow River, originating from the Bayankala Mountains of Qinghai Province and flowing through Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu and other nine provinces and regions, the river, before the Qin and Han dynasties, are the special name of the Yellow River, the rest of the rivers are called "Sichuan" or "water", when the river has not yet appeared, they are named after water, "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" has about the emperor living on the edge of Ji Shui, so the surname was changed to Ji.

    The Yellow River can not be found in the pre-Qin literature or the "Historical Records", the earliest record of the Yellow River is the Yellow River in the Eastern Han Dynasty Bangu's "Hanshu Geographical Chronicles" The Yellow River is used to describe the turbidity of the river. ", Erya Shishui records that the river comes out of Kunlun, the color is white, the canal and the thousand seven hundred and one rivers, the color is yellow.

    Records about the Yellow River also gradually began to appear, in the Chinese culture of 5,000 years, the Yellow River was established on the edge of the first dynasty Xia, after the Xia Dynasty, Shang, Western Zhou, Eastern Zhou, Western Han, Eastern Han and finally the Northern Song Dynasty and Jin, in these more than 20 dynasties, the emperors of all dynasties were in the Central Plains.

    The reason for this is also because the people living in the Yellow River Valley think that they are "Central Plains people", which has been put forward in the Zhou metric system, and the "Rite Book of the Imperial System" records: Yi in the east, Rong in the west, Barbarian in the south, Di in the north, and the most reputable and worst at that time was the Nanban also known as Chu Man.

    In the year of the Eastern Weekend, the princes were hegemonic, Confucius took the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period, and proposed to respect the king and carry forward the righteousness of culture, and the Yellow River basin is the economic and political center, so the dynasties have settled in the Yellow River generation, so it is called the mother river, but with the increasing sediment of the river, the Tang Dynasty has been renamed the Yellow River.

    But the river is not the same as the river, at the beginning the river refers to all the southern water systems, "Zuo Zhao 17 years" recorded: the territory to the water age, so for the zombie and the name of the water, the river here also has the meaning of the national territory, the earliest integration of the river literature is specifically referring to the Luxi region of Dongping Lake, Nanyang Lake, Dushan Lake, Zhaoyang Lake, Weishan Lake line of rivers and lakes.

    The Great Lakes is a north-south water system, it is said that it was built by the Gonggong clan in ancient times, this water system is flowing to the north, because the southern waterway is fixed, rarely diversioned, so in order to distinguish the river, the Yangtze River is a representative river in the south, never diverted, all rivers have become its proper name.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-11

    The names of everything do not come out of nowhere, and their origins have a certain historical origin, but the most fundamental thing is the potential influence of traditional culture.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-10

    In ancient China, especially before the Han Dynasty, rivers and rivers were specifically referred to, and rivers referred to the Yangtze River and rivers referred to the Yellow River. The Book of Songs. Jiang Youbian"."Jiang Youbian, the son returns, not me", referring to the Yangtze River.

    The Book of Songs. Guan Ju said"Guan Guan Ju Dove, in the river island", referring to the Yellow River. Before the Han Dynasty, rivers and rivers were not expressed by the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, but were called rivers and rivers, and water was the general term for rivers by the ancients.

    Li Bai said"If fame and wealth are long, the Han River should also flow northwest", Han River is today's Han River. Jia Dao said"The autumn wind gives birth to Weishui, and the fallen leaves are full of Chang'an", Weishui is today's Wei River. For example, the same is true of the waters of Hunan and Ziyuan.

    Rivers may be called rivers, such as the Pearl River, Songhua River, and Heilongjiang River, or rivers, such as the Dadu River, the Huai River, and the Haihe River, which have little to do with the rivers located in the north and south, but are just the popular names of later generations. The concept of water has been eliminated by the waves between the elbows, but there is still a remnant, don't the brothers and sisters in Heilongjiang still call their hometown Baishan and Heishui? The culture of the motherland is so deep, we love her!

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-09

    Why is the Yangtze River called a river, why is the Yellow River called a river, and what is the difference between a river and a river?

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-08

    Why is the Yangtze River called a river, and the Yellow River called a river, and what is the difference between a river and a river?

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-07

    The Yangtze River and the Yellow River are both our mother rivers, both are flows, but the Yellow River flows through more areas and has more branches, which is called a river, while the Yangtze River does not have many diversions and is relatively straight, so it is a river,

  7. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    Rivers generally flow to the sea, while rivers generally flow to lakes and inland seas, rivers are mostly in canyon areas, and rivers are generally found in plain areas.

  8. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    The river is rich for a long time, and the river is full and dry. The water of the Yangtze River has been abundant for a long time, but the water of the Yellow River has been surplus and dry.

  9. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    In the early days, the Yangtze River was named after "river water", and the Yellow River was named after "river water", which is just a name.

  10. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    Jiang is another name for a river that is unique to China. All rivers can be called rivers, rivers are collectively referred to, such as the Yangtze River can also be called the Yangtze River, a large river with wide waves, refers to the Yangtze River. Since China's topography is high in the west and low in the east, rivers that flow from west to east can also be called rivers.

    Yes, yes, it doesn't have to be. A river flows eastward.

  11. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    The Yangtze River is the father river, and the Yellow River is the mother river.

  12. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    Is the mouth of the Yangtze River the Yellow Sea?

  13. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    The Yangtze River and the Yellow River are their code names, just like people's names.

    As for why the Yangtze River is a river, why the Yellow River is a river, this is the code name of the name, the difference between the Yangtze River and the Yellow River is there, but I am not an expert, not a professional, I can only briefly introduce to you the difference between the Yangtze River and the Yellow River!

    I live in Gansu **, I have seen the Yangtze River, walk through Guangzhou and pass the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, I don't know much about the length of the Yangtze River! But the Yangtze River is wide and flat, and ships can be driven! The Yangtze River belongs to the south, and the water surface does not freeze and does not flow!

    The Yellow River is different, I live by the Yellow River, I know a little about the Yellow River, the Yellow River is narrow, the water flow is rapid and steep, and there is a swirl nest! You can't run a steamer, you can only drive a small motorboat! The Yellow River is in the north, there is a flow in winter, sometimes the weather is too cold, the entire river surface is frozen, and you can still walk!

    In the lower reaches of Shizui Mountain in Ningxia, there is ice every year!

    1. The river is big and the river is small. It is the shape and sound of the word, the left three points of water for the shape, the right for the sound: the work is red, that is, the sound of the big water; The sound of cocoa is the small sound of water in cocoa.

    About 30 years ago, I saw this explanation in dictionaries such as Cihai. It is by no means the difference between natural and artificial.

    Second, how many rivers have not been artificially transformed, they are all called rivers, and they are called small rivers, such as sitting by the small river, there is no saying that they sit by the small river! The river is big for the water, and the river is the small for the water. In addition:

    Most rivers are related to stone, such as the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River and the mountains on both sides of the Li River; Most rivers are related to soil, and those that are stained with mud and soil are called rivers.

    3. Rivers, rivers, streams, streams are smaller. The water of the Yellow River is smaller than that of the Yangtze River, so it is called a river. As for the water of the Li River, it is not uncommon for the water of the Li River to be smaller than the water of the Yellow River and also called the river, and it is not possible for the ancients of a god to stand on the top of China, or there is a completely unnamed map of China's rivers, and after comparing the water volume of all the rivers in the country, the names of rivers are made.

    It can only be called a river when the locals think that the river is big enough in the local area. And the local ones that can't compare to the river are called rivers, so there is a saying that they sit by the river. The stream is smaller and can be fully waded through.

  14. Anonymous users2024-01-30

    The difference between a river and a river: As long as the water eventually flows into the interior of the Bohai Sea, people call it a river, just like the Tarim River and the Liao River. Once the water flows to the open sea area, people call it a river.

    First of all, the Yangtze River can also be distinguished by taking the north and south as the dividing line. The rivers north of the Yangtze River are called rivers, and the rivers to the south are called rivers. The literal meaning of "river" and "river" is very similar, both are called water, but from the map of our country, it can be seen at a glance that most of the rivers in the south are called rivers, and most of the rivers in the north are called "rivers", such as the famous Yangtze River and Han River in the south, and the famous Yellow River and Huai River in the north.

    The direction of the flow of water can also be divided. In general, rivers that flow into the "inland sea" are called "rivers". Rivers that flow into the "open sea" are called "rivers".

    In ancient times, the Yangtze River eventually flowed into the ancient Mediterranean. Later, about 65 million years ago, the emergence of the mountain building movement led to the emergence of the Himalayas, and the ancient Mediterranean began to disappear. Since then, it has continued to grow, and the river water has also begun to flow to the East China Sea, forming a situation of "rolling Yangtze River flowing eastward".

    The Yellow River appeared about 1.15 million years ago. At first, it was just a collection of inland rivers. Later, with the passage of time, a situation of soil infiltration began to form, and it became the Yellow River, which was prone to flooding later.

    The degree of distinction between the flood season and the dry season can also be distinguished. Rivers that are not significantly different from the flood season and the dry season are called the Yangtze River, Pearl River and other rivers. They are life scenes all year round, do not overfill or dry up, and are navigable all year round.

    Rivers that differ significantly from dry seasons during the flood season are called rivers. If the Yellow River experiences more rainfall in the summer, there will be a period of high water, and the water is fierce. In winter, precipitation is scarce and the flow rate is slow, and there will be a period of dry water, or even some sections of the river will be cut off.

    Therefore, in Chinese history, incidents about the governance of the Yellow River are not uncommon, but the Yangtze River rarely appears. The stability of the water flow is also one of the important factors that distinguish between the two.

  15. Anonymous users2024-01-29

    As far as I know, the difference between rivers is that rivers are different in their stability and size. Here's a closer look:

    Why is the Yangtze River called "River" and the Yellow River called "River"?

    You must know that the Yellow River is "the second longest river in China" and the Yangtze River is the "third longest river in the world". So the question is, why has the Yangtze River become a "long river"?

    After the Qin and Han dynasties in China, "Jiang" referred to the Yangtze River and "He" referred to the Yellow River.

    Everyone knows the story of "Dayu Controls the Water", right?

    The "water" governed by Dayu is the flood of the Yellow River Basin.

    The Classic of Mountains and Seas wrote.

    Go to Kunkun Kunshan, Thousands of Miles, Thousands of Miles, One Thousand Miles, Qinghe, Baihe, Red River, and Heihehuan. The rivers are called "rivers".

    Here, we will first briefly understand the history of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, and then talk about the difference between "river" and "river".

    The earliest record of the source of the Yellow River is the "Shangshu Yugong" of the Warring States period:

    Regarding the "guide river stones, dragon gate", the "river" here is the Yellow River. The term "Yellow River" first appeared in the interpretation of "Yuanshi County, Changshan County" in Bangu's "Hanshu Geographical Chronicles" of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

    The Yangtze River is more than 6,300 kilometers long, more than 800 kilometers longer than the Yellow River, and ranks third in the world after the Nile River in Africa and the Amazon River in South America.

    It originates in the Tanggula Mountains of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and flows through 11 provincial-level administrative regions (8 provinces, 2 cities and 1 district) including Qinghai Province, Hubei Province, Hunan Province and Jiangsu Province.

    The Chinese's understanding of the Yangtze River is actually a thousand years later than the Yellow River. Do you remember the above-mentioned "Shangshu Yugong"?

    Among them, the source of the Yangtze River is set as Minshan, which is thousands of miles away, and later generations inherited it for more than 2,000 years, and Xu Xiake of the Ming Dynasty personally explored it and clearly pointed out that the upper source of the Yangtze River is in the Jinsha River rather than the Minjiang River.

    The first one is different, the difference between the north and the south.

    Usually southerners refer to it as the "river" in the river. For example, as shown below.

    Yangtze River, Pearl River, Qiantang River.

    Northerners call it the "river" in the river. For example, as shown below.

    Yellow River, Huai River, Liao River. What big difference do you want to say about these rivers?

    That one isn't there yet.

    The second difference is the stability of the river. For example, the Yangtze River can be navigable all year round, but the Yellow River has a large flow in summer and is often cut off in winter.

    However, not absolutely. Some rivers have not changed much either.

    The third difference is the size of the scale.

    Generally speaking, a river is "big" and a river is "small", but science does not clearly define the boundaries of length and width.

    The fourth difference is the Chinese and foreign names.

    Generally speaking, China refers to foreign rivers as "rivers". Examples include the Nile, Danube, Mississippi, and Amazon. The Amazon River is the most watery river in the world, and we also call it "the river".

  16. Anonymous users2024-01-28

    Geographically, the rivers in northern China are called rivers, and in southern China, they are called rivers. The Yellow River has a large flow in summer and dries up in winter. And the Yangtze River is very stable in all seasons for 11 years, so it is called the river.

  17. Anonymous users2024-01-27

    A river is a natural waterway, while a river is a waterway that has been artificially built and managed. The difference between a river and a river is whether or not the watercourse is artificially influenced. The formation of the Yangtze River basically has no traces of artificiality, and is completely a miracle of nature, while the Yellow River is a waterway formed by continuous governance of successive dynasties, artificially built dikes, and dredged the riverbed.

  18. Anonymous users2024-01-26

    The Yangtze River is called a river because its water comes in from outside, and it is called a river because all the water of the Yellow River flows down from the snow-capped mountains.

  19. Anonymous users2024-01-25

    To the north of the Yangtze River, there are: Heilongjiang, Songhua River, Yalu River 、......

    To the south of the Yangtze River, there are: Liuyang River, Red River, Canal 、......

  20. Anonymous users2024-01-24

    Why is the Yangtze River a river? Why is the Yellow River a river? When I heard it like a child asking the sky, it was actually related to the long history of the Chinese nation.

    We know that the Yellow River is the cradle of the Chinese nation, and our ancestors have lived in the Yellow River for generations. The earliest documents refer to the Yellow River as a river, and the name of the Yellow River probably began to appear in the Western Han Dynasty, and it was not fixed until the Tang and Song dynasties.

    The state of Chu was not originally a feudal country surnamed Ji in the Western Zhou Dynasty, the first to be called the king, and was called a barbarian by the Central Plains people for a long time. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the Chu State rose rapidly, and also began to accept the Central Plains culture, joined the "Respect for the King", became one of the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, and gradually integrated into the Chinese system, and the Yangtze River Basin, where the Chu State lived in the world, also began to enter people's field of vision and became a hot spot. Like the Yellow River, it was originally only called "Jiang" without a specific name.

    It was not until the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties periods, that the clothes crossed to the south, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty set the capital of Jiankang, which is now Nanjing, that the term Yangtze River began to appear.

    Perhaps it is a convention, and all rivers in the north are generally called "rivers" from now on; The rivers in the south are generally called "rivers". So there is no essential difference between rivers and rivers.

    The situation in the Northeast is somewhat special, the rivers in Liaoning that are closer to the Central Plains are called "rivers", and the Heilongjiang rivers in the north are called "rivers". This is probably related to Korea, which was a major vassal state during the Ming and Qing dynasties and had close ties with the Ming dynasty. North Korea has a humid climate and mainly produces rice, which is more like Jiangnan than the north, so the Ming Dynasty regarded Korea as the south, and all rivers were called rivers.

    The land adjacent to North Korea and later developed north of the Heilongjiang River is also called the Yangtze River.

    In order to standardize geographical designation, foreign rivers are now collectively referred to as rivers regardless of their size, except for Korean rivers. Some rivers in the southwest are called rivers in China, and when they flow to foreign countries, they are all called rivers, such as the Mekong River, the Ganges River, etc.

    Some rivers in the south, such as those in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, such as those rivers with large drops, large water waves, and many times larger than streams, such as the Dadu River, the Tongtian River, the Tuotuo River, etc., are called rivers but not rivers, probably because these rivers are not navigable?In the south, navigability is often a sign of the difference between rivers and streams.

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