The Han River () is a river in southeast
China. It is located mainly in eastern
Guangdong
Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...
province and has a total length of . The river is combined with two main tributary rivers,
Mei River
The Mei River ( Chinese: 梅 江; Pinyin: Méi Jiāng) is a river in Meizhou City in the eastern part of the Guangdong
Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north sho ...
and
Ting River
The Ting River () flows from Ninghua County in western Fujian south to the port and Special Economic Zone of Shantou, Guangdong. It is a main tributary of the Han River and is also referred to Hakka Mother River ().
The former prefecture of ...
, at Sanheba (三河坝),
Dabu County
Dabu County () is a county in Meizhou City, in the east of Guangdong Province, China. A center of Hakka culture, it has a population of 375,000.
Famous natives
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. Han River flows south through the Han River Delta entering the
South China Sea
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at
Chenghai District
Chenghai (; postal: Tenghai; Teochew: Thěng Hài) is a district of the city of Shantou, Guangdong Province, China.
Located at the Han River Delta in the southeast part of Guangdong Province, Chenghai spans from 116°41' to 116°54' E long ...
and
Longhu District
Longhu District () is a district of Shantou, Guangdong province, China. It is the birthplace of the famous Shantou Special Economic Zone.
Administrative divisions
There are 10 subdistricts in the district:
Shantou Special Economic Zone
In ...
of
Shantou.
The
Teochew people
The Teochew people or Chaoshan people (rendered Têo-Swa in romanized Teoswa and Chaoshan in Standard Chinese also known as Teo-Swa in mainland China due to a change in place names) is anyone native to the historical Chaoshan region in south ...
refer to the river as "the Mother River".
The river is named after
Han Yu
Han Yu (; 76825 December 824), courtesy name Tuizhi (), and commonly known by his posthumous name Han Wengong (韓文公), was a Chinese essayist, poet, philosopher, and politician during the Tang dynasty who significantly influenced the devel ...
, a writer, poet and government official of the
Tang dynasty
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, in honor of his contribution to
Chaoshan
Chaoshan or Teoswa (; peng'im: ''Dio5suan1'' i̯o˥˥꜖꜖.sũ̯ã˧˧ is a cultural-linguistic region in the east of Guangdong, China. It is the origin of the Min Nan Chaoshan dialect (). The region, also known as Chiushan in Cantonese, c ...
. It was originally named as E Xi () before Han Yu's exile to
Chaozhou. The river became pacific under Han's
river regulation
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and named after him after his departure.
专家视点：韩江是一条什么江？
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Rivers of Guangdong
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