Han River (Shaanxi & Hubei)

The Han River, or Han Jiang (Chinese汉江/汉江, Pinyin Han Jiang ) ( called汉水/汉水, Hàn Shuǐ ), and Han Shui ( Han water) is 1532 km, the longest tributary of the Yangtze River.

Course

The Han River originates in the southwest of China's Shaanxi Province and flows through the Hubei Province in northwest -southeast direction until it in Wuhan City on the left into the Yangtze flows (coordinates: 30 ° 34 '2 " N, 114 ° 17' 4" O30 .567289045278114.28454833667 coordinates: 30 ° 34 '2 " N, 114 ° 17' 4" O). The Han forms the border between the two districts Hankou and Hanyang.

History

Since Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty his domain originally had in the area of the Han River, he named his dynasty after. Also, the self-designation of the Chinese as Han people, as well as the Chinese language as Han language (汉语Hàn yǔ ) and the characters as Han characters (汉字Hànzì ) can ultimately be traced to the name of this river.