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Eastern Han ceramic unearthed at Chengdu, China. The Weak River also known as the Weak Water or Ruoshui (Chinese: 弱水; lit. 'weak water') is an important feature in the mythical geography of Chinese literature, including novels and poetry over a course of over two millennia from the Warring States to early Han dynasty era poetry of the Chuci ...
Ejin River (Chinese: 额济纳河), also Etsin Gol, Ruo Shui (Chinese: 弱水; lit. 'weak water', 'weak river') or Ruo He in ancient times, is a major river system of northern China. It flows approximately 630 kilometres (390 mi) from its headwaters on the northern Gansu side of the Qilian Mountains north-northeast into the endorheic Ejin Basin ...
Weak River or Weak Water: a river or body of such low specific gravity that no one can swim nor anything float, not even a feather; Red River or Red Water: one of the colored rivers flowing from Kunlun. In his poem "Li Sao", Qu Yuan crosses it on a bridge formed by dragons which he summons for the purpose
Interactive map with China's river basins, showing river names in Chinese. Table of rivers in China with Chinese names and useful data (dead link 01:15, 4 March 2013 (UTC)) v
Magpie Bridge (Queqiao), crossing the Silver River , one of the famous mythological locations of Chinese mythology, in a mural decorating the Long Corridor of the Summer Palace, in Beijing. Chinese mythological geography refers to the related mythological concepts of geography and cosmology , in the context of the geographic area now known as ...
The Juyan lake is one of three former terminal lakes located at the outer edges of the Heihe River ('Black River') catchment which formed a large inland delta between the Qilian and the Gobi Altay. The Heihe River is also known as the Ruo Shui (Chinese: 弱水; lit. 'weak river'), also Etsin Gol or Ruo He or Ejin River.
A fifth river was said to flow around the base of Kunlun, which rose in a way that was particularly steep and hard to climb. This Weak River at the base of Kunlun flowed with a liquid so lacking in density that not even a feather could float upon it. This was a major obstacle, since it could neither be swum or floated over on a vessel (Yang ...
China is a nuclear-weapon state with the world's largest standing army by military personnel and the second-largest defense budget. It is a great power, and has been described as an emerging superpower. China is known for its cuisine and culture, and has 59 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the second-highest number of any country.