Where is Qiantang River?

Qiantang River is located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. Qiantang River, called Zhejiang in ancient times, is also called Zhejiang, Zhijiang and Luosha River. Qiantang River is the largest river in Zhejiang Province. It is the source of the naming of Liangzhe Road in Song Dynasty, and also the source of Zhejiang's provincial name when it was established in the early Ming Dynasty. Known as "the first tide in the world", Qiantang River Tide is a natural wonder of the world. It is the centrifugal effect of celestial gravity and the earth's rotation, and it is the extra-large tidal bore caused by the special terrain of the bell mouth of Hangzhou Bay.

Geography of Han Dynasty first proposed the origin of Qiantang River. This book briefly puts forward that "water flows from Danyang, yi county and Nanman" in Zhejiang. The geographical records of the later Han Dynasty put forward that "Zhejiang went out of Shexian County". Li Daoyuan, a geographer in the Northern Wei Dynasty, affirmed the statement of the Han Dynasty. In 1930s, geographers believed that Qiantang River originated in Kaihua County, Ma Jinxi at the junction of Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangxi provinces. In 1950s, the investigation team of Qiantang River, jointly organized by Shanghai Hydropower Design Institute of the Ministry of Electric Power Industry and Survey and Design Institute of Zhejiang Water Resources Department, investigated the water resources and land resources in the basin, and determined that Qiantang River originated from Lianhua River at the junction of Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangxi provinces.

Qiantang River flows through southern Anhui Province and Zhejiang Province, covering an area of 55,058 square kilometers, and flows into the South China Sea via Hangzhou Bay in Ningbo. Qiantang River Basin is one of the important cradles of China's civilized behavior and Wuyue culture. Celebrities in the basin, such as writer Wang Guowei, historical celebrity Cao Cao and biologist Wang Chong, have rich cultural and artistic accumulation.