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The name "Han River" began to be used around the time when Baekje started interacting with China's Eastern Jin Dynasty; from then on, it was called "Hansu" (漢水) or "Hangang" (漢江). [11] [12] Arisu (阿利水) is an archaic term used to refer to both the Han River and the Amnok River.
The Han River is a major river which runs through Seoul. In the early 1960s, South Korean politicians admired what they called the "Miracle on the Rhine": the surprising postwar economic growth of West Germany, which is often called the Wirtschaftswunder ("economic miracle"). [14] [15]
A left tributary of the Yangtze, the longest river in Asia, it has a length of 1,532 km (952 mi) and is the longest tributary of the Yangtze system. The river gave its name to the ancient Chinese Han dynasty , which marked one of ancient China's first golden ages and through it, to the Han Chinese , the dominant ethnic group in modern China and ...
Han River may refer to: Han River (Guangdong) (Hánjiāng, 韩江), southeast China, flows into the South China Sea; Han River (Hubei and Shaanxi) (Hànshuǐ, 漢水 or Hànjiāng, 漢江), the longest tributary of the Yangtze, China; Han River (Korea) (Hangang, 한강, 漢江), flowing through Seoul, Korea
In 486 BCE, men under King Fuchai of Wu constructed the Han or Hangou Canal (t 邗 溝, s 邗 沟, Hángōu) to connect the Yangtze River through the Fanliang (樊梁湖, Fánliáng Hú), Bozhi (博芝湖, Bózhī Hú) and Sheyang Lakes (t 射陽湖, s 射阳湖, Shèyáng Hú) with the Huai. [4]
The Han River (simplified Chinese: 韩江; traditional Chinese: 韓江; pinyin: Hán Jiāng) is a river in southeast China. It is located mainly in eastern Guangdong and has a total length of 410 kilometres (250 mi). The river is combined with two main tributary rivers, Mei River and Ting River, at Sanheba (三河坝), Dabu County. [2]
Sam Lilley, a young fiancé awaiting his fall wedding, was piloting the American Airlines flight minutes away from a safe landing when the collision with the Army helicopter plunged both aircraft ...
The Han Chinese, alternatively the Han people [a] or simply the Chinese, [18] are an East Asian ethnic group native to Greater China. With a global population of over 1.4 billion, the Han Chinese are the world's largest ethnic group, making up about 17.5% of the world population.