Four Seas and Five Lakes - Vicissitudes of Rivers and Mountains

Author: Fu Linxiang
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: One of the series "Rivers and Mountains of Time." This series selects several topics from the historical geography of China, using various landscapes as carriers to introduce related historical events, cultural elements, important figures, local customs, and folk legends. It narrates the historical and geographical changes, cultural origins, developmental threads, and vicissitudes of these landscapes, exploring the profound historical and cultural connotations they carry. This book focuses on rivers and lakes. China is a country abundant in rivers and lakes. How did people gradually explore and recognize the sources of the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers? Why is there a "waste Yellow River" on the map, and what is its relationship with the changes in the lower reaches of the Yellow River? Where is the lower reaches of the Huai River? Why is the Heilongjiang River considered an inland river of China in the past? Why did Liangshan, where heroes gathered, and the Lop Nur in Xinjiang dry up and disappear? This book tells the natural and human historical and geographical changes of China's major rivers and lakes in concise and clear language. It also introduces the main scenic spots, historical legends, famous wars, economic and cultural activities, and folk tales related to these great rivers and lakes.