The Ming River, also formerly known as the Qin, Qianbu, and Nanyi River, is a tributary of the
Ziya River in
Hebei
Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, and ...
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China.
History
The river gave its name to
Imperial China's
Ming Prefecture and to its capital Mingzhou, now
Guangfu. During the establishment of the
Tang, Prince
Li Shimin broke a dam across the Ming in order to destroy the rebel army under
Liu Heita in AD622.
See also
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Rivers of China
This incomplete list of rivers that flow through China is organized according to the body of water into which each river empties, beginning with the Sea of Okhotsk in the northeast, moving clockwise on a map and ending with the Arctic Ocean.
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References
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Rivers of Hebei