Jin River (Fujian)
river in Fujian, China
The Jin River, also known in Hokkien Chinese: 晉江; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chìn-kang; Mandarin Chinese: 晉江; pinyin: Jìnjiāng, is located in southern Fujian. Its basin includes most of Quanzhou prefecture-level city, whose Jinjiang County-level City is named after it.
Name
The name of the river comes from the 3rd-to-5th-century Jin Empire, during which time its banks were settled by Min-speaking Chinese settlers from the Min River via the coasts of Fujian.
Geography
The upper course of the Jin is also known as the Xixi (西溪, "West Creek"). It originates in the Daiyun Mountains (戴云山) and flows generally southeast for 180 kilometers (110 mi) into Quanzhou Bay on the Taiwan Strait. East of Nan'an, the Xixi receives its major tributary, the Dongxi (东溪, "East Creek"), from the north. The Jin River develops an estuary as it enters Quanzhou Bay from the west. There, it separates downtown Quanzhou (aka Licheng, Fengze and Luojiang districts, respectively) to the north from Jinjiang to its south.
There are 13 towns around the river: Chinyan, Chidian, Chendai, Luoshan, Cizao, Neikeng, Anhai, Dongshi, Yonghe, Yinglin, Longhu, Shenhu and Jinjinchu. Zimao Mountain is also nearby.
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