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The Ming River, also formerly known as the Qin, Qianbu, and Nanyi River, is a tributary of the
Ziya River The Ziya River is one of the five major tributaries of Hai River system in northern China. The total length of Ziya River is and the size of its drainage basin is . The discharge rate of Ziya River is about per second. The Ziya River flows fro ...
in
Hebei Hebei is a Provinces of China, province in North China. It is China's List of Chinese administrative divisions by population, sixth-most populous province, with a population of over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. It bor ...
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China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
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History

The river gave its name to
Imperial China The history of China spans several millennia across a wide geographical area. Each region now considered part of the Chinese world has experienced periods of unity, fracture, prosperity, and strife. Chinese civilization first emerged in the Y ...
's Ming Prefecture and to its capital Mingzhou, now Guangfu. During the establishment of the Tang, Prince
Li Shimin Emperor Taizong of Tang (28January 59810July 649), previously Prince of Qin, personal name Li Shimin, was the second Emperor of China, emperor of the Tang dynasty of China, ruling from 626 to 649. He is traditionally regarded as a co-founder ...
broke a dam across the Ming in order to destroy the rebel army under
Liu Heita Liu Heita () (died March 623( 德六年月,刘黑闼伏诛。) ''Xin Tang Shu'', vol.01; the month corresponds to 7 Mar to 5 Apr 623 in the Julian calendar. Vol.190 of ''Zizhi Tongjian'' dated Liu's capture to the ''ji'mao'' day of the 1st m ...
in AD622.


See also

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Rivers of China Rivers that flow through China are as follows. The list is organized according to the body of water into which each river empties, beginning with the Sea of Okhotsk in the northeast, moving clockwise on a map and ending with the Arctic Ocean. S ...


References

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