The Chinese have been paying attention to a vast land and abundant resources since ancient times. Because of the vastness of the land, we can go to the coast of the East China Sea and enjoy the turbulent ocean waves for which Emperor Wei Wu whipped his whip, and then proceed along the North China Plain. , we can see the border between the city and the countryside that cannot be seen with the eyes, and in the middle there is Mount Tai, where Emperors of Qin and Han Dynasties prayed for immortality and obtained immortality.
Going across the Taihang Mountains, this was the site of tens of thousands of Eight-Character Army activities during the confrontation between the Song and Jin Dynasties. It was also the stretching mountain range where anti-Japanese resistance spread in the Taihang Mountains. Apart from Henan, the Yellow River is the main vein in the west. In the future, the land of Guanzhong not only has plains, but also majestic mountains like Huashan. During this period, Li Taibai pursued his lifelong wish to be the envoy of Chang'an Palace, dominate the world and rule Luoyang.
This is the limit of the intersection between China and the East, because from Shaanxi and Gansu to the west is the Tianshan Mountains where the bright moon rises, and the Qilian Mountains between the vast sea of ??clouds are sandwiched between the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Mongolian Plateau, connecting Chinese culture through a thin line. The thin Hexi Corridor is exported to the Western Regions and Central Asia. However, the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains of the Chinese people cannot be exhausted by human power. Our country has emphasized the differences between the north and the south since its civilization, and the four sides must communicate with each other. Today, where is China? Which is the south and which is the north? How can we tell the difference?
The Qinhuai Line is the dividing line between north and south in the hearts of the Chinese
China’s land area is 9.6 million square kilometers. With such a vast land, how do we distinguish between north and south? From the study of geography in junior high school, We can clearly know that the western boundary is divided by the Qinling Mountains and the eastern boundary is divided by the Huaihe River.
Then the question is, the Qinling Mountains and the Huaihe River are used to divide the north and the south. Does the heating system in modern China also use this to heat the north? For ordinary Chinese people, the division between north and south is a high-level issue at the intellectual level. Whether or not to provide heating is a matter of life. However, they do not know that there is a saying that the north relies on heating to survive the winter, and the south relies on righteousness to survive the winter.
It is because of the complex terrain and urban divisions along the Huaihe River that heating has become a local melee. The Qinling Mountains are as distinct as they were during the Qin and Han Dynasties 2,300 years ago. The urban agglomerations on the Guanzhong Plain north of the Qinling Mountains can have collective heating, while Hanzhong, Ankang, and Shangluo south of the Qinling Mountains rely on the warmth of the climate to survive the winter.
In addition to the geographical mountain structure and the lack of collective heating as the dividing line between north and south of China, each region in China also has its own small ideas and its own style standards. For Hainan, the southernmost province in China Outside of Guangdong, there seems to be no winter, and all Chinese people spend the winter hiding it from them. Therefore, Guangdong people think that everything outside them is the north, and they themselves are the south.
For Chinese people along the Yangtze River, south of the Yangtze River is south and north of the Yangtze River is north. (This statement seems to have been around for a long time) For the Chinese in the Huaihe River area, the division between north and south should be the most painful! It is clearly under the strict command of the north, but sometimes it is classified as the south. In short, the division of north and south here is very confusing. For the Chinese in the three northeastern provinces, the south is after passing Shanhaiguan, and the north is the white mountains and black waters north of Shanhaiguan.
The Qinling Mountains divide the north and the south geographically
There are countless mountains on the Chinese Rooster Map, but only the Qinling Mountains can become the dividing line between the north and the south of China. From a geographical point of view, the Qinling Mountains are located in Sichuan At the junction of the province and Shaanxi, Hubei and other provinces, he successfully divided the geographical civilization into two sections. To the north of the Qinling Mountains was the civilization of the Yellow River Basin in the north of China that had been strong from the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors era to the end of the Song Dynasty. To the south of the Qinling Mountains was the civilization from the Jin Dynasty It began to brew after Chao Yiguan crossed south. After the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty and the Jingkang Rebellion in the Song Dynasty, the southern Yangtze River Basin civilization began to rise to catch up with the north.
From the perspective of the division of China's territory, whether it was Qin Shihuang laying down the basic territory of China or the Yuan Dynasty's cavalry expedition to Asia and Europe, the Qinling Mountains were very suitable for dividing China's area into two parts. This seems to be the natural north and south of the Chinese people. The dividing line is the small area and land between the north and the south. The Chinese people living under the same sunshine, water and soil have to honestly understand their own north-south attributes in front of these two mountain ranges spanning thousands of miles. This is the Qinling Mountains as an ancient book. The cultural advantage of the Little Kunlun is also the geographical advantage of the Qinling Mountains on the Guanzhong Plain and the Sichuan Basin.
The Qinling Mountains divide the north and south of China's food and transportation structure
The Huaihe River is the extension of the Qinling Mountains. After the Qinling Mountains left the Jianghan Plain, they turned from mountains to water, leaving a mark in Chinese historical dynasties. It is said that if you defend the river, you must defend the Huai River, so we connect the Qin Mountains and the Huai River to completely divide the north and south of China. In some ancient history books and the "Shui Jing Zhu" by Li Daoyuan and others, the Huai River is also called the Qin Mountains. River, this is the origin of the Qinhuai River, a scenic spot for fireworks, singing and dancing.
The Qinling Mountains completely separate the Chinese people’s diet. When the southerners are eating their first meal of rice during the autumn harvest, the northerners have already begun to harvest wheat and grind it into powder, which forms the basis of China’s diet. The structure on the north side of Nandao has abundant rain all year round in the south, so boating can be done all over the south of the Yangtze River. From Chengdu Prefecture in the Sichuan Basin to Changsha Prefecture in Hunan Province, we can walk the Three Gorges and experience the thousands of miles of Jiangling in one day on a big boat. The Yangtze River, a golden waterway of thousands of miles, has become the largest waterway for southerners, and the small rivers and tributaries in various provinces are also the basis for survival and transportation.
People in the north basically travel by horseback, while wealthy people ride in sedan chairs. The Qinhuai Line gave China a transportation situation of ships in the south and horses in the north.
Conclusion
The Qinling Mountains are of extraordinary significance to China. It is not only the north and south in terms of geography, but also the result of the development of Chinese culture and history over thousands of years. In this process, Subconsciously, we generally believe that northerners are bold and generous, while southerners are graceful and delicate. It can be as big as the South-to-North Water Diversion Project at the national level, which is the south's support for the north. It can be as small as the north-south exchanges between local specialties in Chinese universities. It may be rice and fish soup that northerners have never eaten, or it may be that southerners have never experienced it. A bowl of spicy lasagna from the north.
China has thousands of mountains. Why does the Qinling Mountains stand out and define the north and south of China? Because it is the original origin of ancient Chinese civilization, it has single-handedly divided the north and south of China for thousands of years. It allows people in Qinchuan, eight hundred miles away, to know that no matter how the dynasties change or how the world changes, they all know that their surname is Qin in their bones. He gave birth to the three emperors and five emperors in Chinese history, created the ten thousand-year unification of Qin Shihuang, made the Han Dynasty four hundred years strong, and allowed the glory of the Tang Dynasty to spread to the other side of the ocean, making foreigners call him We are called Tang people. It also makes the world yearn for it and breeds the best Chinese people and all living creatures in the world.