Into the Xianghe River

Jinxianghe road is located at the south foot of Jilong mountain, Xuanwu District, Nanjing City, starting from Zhujiang Road in the South and Beijing East Road in the north. Jinxianghe road is named after jinxianghe.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the incense in Jiming temple was quite vigorous. According to historical records, people in Fangshan area of Jiangning would come to Jiming temple to offer incense. Nanjing is the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties. There are many temples and temples around it. Why do you go to Jiming temple to burn incense? This is because of the convenient transportation of Jiming temple. There is a river called Xianghe River, which connects Jiming temple with Qinhuai River outside the city. Through the river network extending in all directions, it attracts thousands of good men and women, making the incense here prosperous for years.

It was in the age of underdeveloped land transportation that we had to do it. After all, driving on the road is much faster than sailing in the water. As a result, the pilgrims slowly abandoned their boats and went ashore to use their cars. The Xianghe River, which used to be the main road for pilgrims, gradually became an abandoned river. In 1958, due to the need of municipal construction in Nanjing, Jinxiang river was changed into an underground river and disappeared from people's vision. The original dirt road by the river has been developed into a wide road into Xianghe. The river disappeared, but the place names near the river have been used all the time, such as Lianhua bridge, Tiger Bridge, Dashiqiao, etc. these place names all imply the past of the river.

Into the Xianghe River

Jinxiang river is located in Xuanwu District of Nanjing city. It was formerly a part of Yundu, an artificial river channel excavated by Sun Quan of Emperor Wu. It is nearly 1800 years ago. In order to commemorate the meritorious officials who died in the war, Zhu Yuanzhang built a temple of meritorious officials in Jilong mountain and widened the north section of Yundu River to facilitate officials and people to come by boat to offer sacrifices. All pilgrims come from this river, so it is called Jinxiang river. At that time, there were many boats and boats in the Jinxiang River, which was also recorded in scholars.

hydrographic features

Jinxiang river is located in the middle of Nanjing City, north-south trend, which is a part of the tidal ditch excavated by Sun Quan, Emperor Wu of the Three Kingdoms period. After Sun Quan established his capital and founded his business, he ordered to draw water from Houhu (Xuanwu Lake) to dig chaogou, which was connected with Yundu, Qingxi, Qinhuai River and Xuanwu Lake, forming the river system of Nanjing at that time. Jinxiang river was a part of chaogou at the earliest. As a result, the waterways were connected to form the transportation artery of the capital of the Six Dynasties, and the fleet in the Qinhuai River could reach the palace city directly. In ancient times, there were many temples and incense in the area of Jinxiang river. Many people came here by boat to make pilgrimage, so it was named "Jinxiang River".

Historical evolution

Jinxiang river was originally a part of chaogou excavated by Sun Quan, the great emperor of Wu in the Three Kingdoms period. Chaogou was connected with the waterways of Qingxi, Yundu and Xuanwu Lake. It was the main transportation artery of Kangcheng, the capital of the Six Dynasties.

After the Sui Dynasty destroyed Chen, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian ordered Nanjing city to be destroyed. Chaogou lost its function and was slowly silted up.

After the reconstruction of Jinling City in the Southern Tang Dynasty, the river flowed into yangwuchenghao on the east side of beimenqiao outside the north gate of the city.

In the middle of Kangxi period, Jiangning magistrate Yu Chenglong (Zhenjia) built Jiangning Fu Xue, which led the water from Houhu lake to panchi from the left of Fu Xue, and then to Jinxiang River from the West.

During the period of the Republic of China, the East Bank of the Hebei section of Jinxiang was the Central University, and the West Bank was the Land Survey Bureau. From north to south, there are Jiangmiao bridge, Xicang bridge, Dashiqiao, hongban bridge and Lianhua bridge on the Jinxiang river. When the Jinxiang river is changed into an underground river, these bridges are demolished, but Dashiqiao and Lianhua bridge are still used as place names.

In 1959, the Jinxiang river was changed into an underground ditch and buried underground. The upper part of the river was transformed into a road, named "Jinxiang River Road", which intersects the East Beijing Road, Xuefu Road and Zhujiang Road from north to south. On both sides of the road are the campus of Southeast University and the Audit Office of Nanjing.

Although Jinxiang river no longer exists, the name of Jinxiang river has been preserved, and the place names of Lianhua bridge, Tiger Bridge and Dashiqiao have also been preserved. These place names all imply that there was a river here, and it has been brilliant.

Address: intersection of jinxianghe road and Dashiqiao street, Xuanwu District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province

Longitude: 118.79018940547

Latitude: 32.053099698567

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