Qinhuai River in Nanjing
A 110 km tributary of the lower Yangtze whose run through old Nanjing is called the Ten-Li Qinhuai; the name spread widely only after Du Mu's poem on mooring there.
View attractionHistoric painted boats glide along the willow-lined banks of the Qinhuai River in Qinhuai, guarded by the massive barbicans of Zhonghuamen Gate.
Historic painted boats glide along the willow-lined banks of the Qinhuai River in Qinhuai, guarded by the massive barbicans of Zhonghuamen Gate.
A 110 km tributary of the lower Yangtze whose run through old Nanjing is called the Ten-Li Qinhuai; the name spread widely only after Du Mu's poem on mooring there.
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Once the camp of the Wu kingdom's black-clad guards on the Qinhuai's south bank, the lane housed the Eastern Jin clans of Wang Dao and Xie An, whose vanished glory Liu Yuxi mourned.
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