The Sanggan River or Sanggan He (), also known in English as Sangkan River, is a river in northern China. It runs 506 kilometers and has a drainage area of 23,900 square kilometers. In addition to its significance in hydrology, it is culturally significant as it has been mentioned in various poems, essays, and novels, including a poem by
Chen Tao and an award-winning novel ''The Sun Shines Over Sanggan River'' by
Ding Ling
Ding Ling ( zh, c=丁玲, p=Dīng Líng; October 12, 1904 – March 4, 1986), formerly romanized as Ting Ling, was the pen name of Jiang Bingzhi ( zh, s=蒋冰之, t=蔣冰之, p=Jiǎng Bīngzhī), also known as Bin Zhi (彬芷 ''Bīn Zhǐ''), ...
.
[Davis, 80 (note 1, on page 29)] It is also one of the rivers that gave birth to early civilizations.
Geology
The Sangan River is a part of the drainage system of
Hai River
The Hai River (海河, lit. "Sea River"), also known as the Peiho, ("White River"), or Hai Ho, is a Chinese river connecting Beijing to Tianjin and the Bohai Sea.
During the Song dynasty, the main stream of the Hai River was called the lowe ...
. It originates in
Shanxi
Shanxi; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanised as Shansi is a Provinces of China, province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi a ...
Province. It merges with the
Yang He (洋河) in
Hebei Province
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 ...
and then flows into the
Guanting Reservoir
Guanting Reservoir (), also known as Guanting Shuiku, is the first large-scale reservoir after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Guanting Reservoir is located at the junction of Beijing and Hebei Province, mostly in Huailai Coun ...
. The outflow of the reservoir is known as the
Yongding River
The Yongding River () is a river in northern China. It is one of the main tributaries in the Hai River system and is the largest river to flow through Beijing. In recent years, the Beijing segment of the river has dried up due to environmental ...
(formerly known as the Wuding River).
See also
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Ding Ling
Ding Ling ( zh, c=丁玲, p=Dīng Líng; October 12, 1904 – March 4, 1986), formerly romanized as Ting Ling, was the pen name of Jiang Bingzhi ( zh, s=蒋冰之, t=蔣冰之, p=Jiǎng Bīngzhī), also known as Bin Zhi (彬芷 ''Bīn Zhǐ''), ...
*
Shanxi
Shanxi; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanised as Shansi is a Provinces of China, province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi a ...
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Zhuolu County
Zhuolu County () is a county in the northwest of Hebei province, bordering Beijing's Mentougou District to the east. It is under the administration of the Zhangjiakou city. It has eight towns, nine townships, and 373 village-level units (). It ...
Notes
References
*Davis, A. R. (Albert Richard), Editor and Introduction, ''The Penguin Book of Chinese Verse''. (Baltimore: Penguin Books (1970).
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Sivin, Nathan et al., eds. (1988) ''The Contemporary Atlas of China''. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
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Rivers of Shanxi
Rivers of Hebei