Lingdingyang () or Lingding Channel is the middle channel of the Pearl River estuary which runs from Humen to Jiuzhouyang. Humen separates Lingdingyang and

Shiziyang Shiziyang () or Shizi Channel is the upper channel of the Pearl River estuary. It runs from the confluence of the Dong River and the Pearl River with parts of the Bei River to the Bocca Tigris which separate Lingdingyang the mid channel of ...

, the upper channel of the Pearl River Estuary, in the north and Jiuzhouyang, the lower channel of the Pearl River Estuary at the eastern tip of

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, from the western tip of Lantau all the way to the southern end of the

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. Currently,

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(HZMB), a bridge and tunnel across Lingdingyang with the Shenzhen–Zhongshan Bridge, crosses the channel.

History

At the end of the

Southern Song Dynasty The Song dynasty ( ) was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 960 to 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song, who usurped the throne of the Later Zhou dynasty and went on to conquer the rest of the Ten Kingdoms, endin ...

, Wen Tianxiang, who was the last Prime Minister of the Southern Song, was captured by the Yuan army in Guangdong. When the Yuan warship carrying him sailing down the Lingdingyang, he composed a poem titled "Crossing the Lingdingyang (Lonely Ocean)" to express his feeling: English Translation:

References

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