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The Ting River () flows from Ninghua County in western
The Ting River () flows from Ninghua County in western Fujian
Fujian is a provinces of China, province in East China, southeastern China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is Fuzhou and its largest prefe ...
south to the port and Special Economic Zone
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of Shantou
Shantou, Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanization of Chinese, romanized as Swatow and sometimes known as Santow, is a prefecture-level city on the eastern coast of Guangdong, China, with a total population of 5,502,031 as of the 20 ...
, Guangdong
) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...
. It is a main tributary of the Han River and is also referred to Hakka Mother River ().
The former prefecture of Tingzhou (汀州府) was administered from a centre on the upper river, now the town of Tingzhou in Changting County; all these places are named for the river. As most inhabitants of Tingzhou-fu/Changting are Hakka
The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka-speaking Chinese, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas, are a southern Han Chinese subgroup whose principal settlements and ancestral homes are dispersed widely across the provinces of southern China ...
, and as (Hakka
The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka-speaking Chinese, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas, are a southern Han Chinese subgroup whose principal settlements and ancestral homes are dispersed widely across the provinces of southern China ...
-speaking) Meizhou
Meizhou ( zh, t=梅州, Hakka Chinese: Mòichû) is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong province, China. It has an area of , and a population of 3,873,239 as of the 2020 census. It comprises Meijiang District, Meixian District, Xing ...
(梅州) is next downstream, the Tingjiang is considered by some to be ''the mother river of all the Hakkas''.
The Tingjiang is unique among Fujianese rivers in that its lower watershed and debouchment are outside the province. The traffic in Tingzhou-fu/Changting then (before road and rail came very recently) was always primarily with eastern areas of Guangdong, namely Meizhou and, further down, the Min-Nan-speaking ''Chao-Shan'' area -- Chaozhou (潮州) and Shantou (汕头).
Environmental Concerns
The Ting River has encountered environmental difficulties in recent years. A notable incident of pollution took place in July 2010, when a waste spill from a copper mine operated by Zijin Mining in Shanghang County contaminated the river, causing considerable ecological harm, including the death of fish.This event highlighted the environmental risks associated with mining activities in the area and spurred conservations about sustainable practices and the preservation of the river.Tributaries
* Yongding River (Fujian) - left tributary; much of Yongding County is within its drainage area. (Not to be confused with the Yongding River inBeijing
Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...
).
See also
* Zijin_Mining#July_2010_acid_incidentReferences
{{China Rivers Rivers of Fujian Rivers of Guangdong Tributaries of the Pearl River (China)