The Miluo River ( traditional Chinese : 汨羅江 ; simplified Chinese : 汨罗江 ; pinyin : Mìluójiāng , and with modified Wade–Giles using the form Mi-lo ) is located on the eastern bank of Dongting Lake , the largest tributary of the Xiang River in the northern Hunan Province . It is an important river in the Dongting Lake watershed , known as the location of the ritual suicide in 278 BC of Qu Yuan , a poet of Chu state during the Warring States period , in protest against the corruption of the era.
4-912: Originating in Xiushui County of Jiangxi province, the Miluo river is about 400 kilometres (250 mi) long. It passes Pingjiang county in Hunan and empties into Dongting Lake in Miluo city . The river is formed by the confluence of the Mi and Luo rivers, of which the Mi river is the main branch. The two rivers become the Miluo river after joining in Daqiuwan (大丘灣), Miluo city. 29°00′04″N 112°57′00″E / 29.00111°N 112.95000°E / 29.00111; 112.95000 This article related to
8-475: A river in China is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Xiushui County Xiushui County ( Chinese : 修水县 ; pinyin : Xiūshuǐ Xiàn ) is a county in the northwest of Jiangxi Province , China , bordering the provinces of Hunan to the west and southwest and Hubei to the northwest. It is the westernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Jiujiang . Xiushui
12-669: Is the largest county in Jiangxi Province and the most populous county in Jiujiang City . It is a sub-central city of Jiujiang City [1]. In 2019, Xiushui County achieved a gross regional product (GDP) of 24.7 billion yuan throughout the year Xiushui has a long history. It was named Aihou in the Shang dynasty and Aiyi in the Spring and Autumn period. It was under the jurisdiction of Wu, Chu and Yue successively. Jian'ai County in
16-722: The Han dynasty was merged into Jianchang County in the Sui dynasty and Wuning County in the Tang dynasty. In 800 years (in the first year of Dezong in the Tang dynasty), Xiba Township of Wuning County was built in Fenning County. Yangyang County. It was promoted to Ningzhou in the Yuan dynasty and was changed to Ningzhou in 1801 (the sixth year of Jiaqing in the Qing dynasty). In 1912 (the first year of
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