Spatial Framework & Civilizational Geography · County-level

Qin Huai District

Historic painted boats glide along the willow-lined banks of the Qinhuai River in Qinhuai, guarded by the massive barbicans of Zhonghuamen Gate.

Jiangsu
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A place shaped through time

Historic painted boats glide along the willow-lined banks of the Qinhuai River in Qinhuai, guarded by the massive barbicans of Zhonghuamen Gate.

Qin Huai District

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Qinhuai River in Nanjing

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.

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Wuyi Lane in Nanjing

Wuyi Lane in Nanjing

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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