Where is the source of Qingjiang River? In which part of Hubei province?

Qingjiang River, a first-class tributary of the Yangtze River, was called Yishui in ancient times. Because "the water is clear and clear, people see it clear", so it is named Qingjiang.

Qingjiang River originates from Qiyue Mountain in Lichuan City, Enshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, and flows through seven counties and cities including Lichuan, Enshi, Xuanen, Jianshi, Badong, Changyang and Yidu, where it joins the Yangtze River.

Qingjiang River, with a total length of 423 kilometers and beautiful mountains and rivers, is known as the 800-mile Qingjiang Gallery.

This is mainly a place where Tujia, Han and Miao people live together.

It mainly includes Baiyu Lake, Huaqiao Reservoir, Pingluo Lake, Bai Yuan Island, Baizhudao, Zhongmu Mountain in Wu Luo, Geheyan and other scenic spots.

Qingjiang River, known as Yishui in ancient times, is also known as "salt water", which is the second tributary of Hubei Province in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River after Hanshui River.

Its name first appeared in Gong Yu, and it was also recorded in History of Han Geography and Water Mirror Notes.

Qingjiang River was first called Yishui because the ancestor of Tujia nationality-Ba people (Bai Hu Yi), so people still call her the mother river of Tujia nationality. The name of salt water must be related to the salt production in the areas where it flows, such as Yanchi Hot Spring in Xia Yuxiang mouth of Changyang and Salt Spring in Bashan Gorge. Before the founding of New China, people still boiled brine and salt here.

Lang Ping has Xianchi River, Hejiaping has Baixianchi and so on.

During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Li Daoyuan made a note for the water mirror: "Yishui, that is, the mountains and rivers are clear, and the water is clear and the sand and stones are divided.

Shu people saw its purity, so it was named Qingjiang. "

Qingjiang Grand Canyon (Enshi Grand Canyon) is located in Enshi shogunate office, Tunbao Township and Banqiao, with a total area of 242 square kilometers, with a total length of 108 kilometers along the large and small canyons.

The main landscapes are: Yulong Mountain Cliff, Tidal Cliff, Dahe Cliff, Houshan Cliff, Qianshan Cliff, Longmen Peak Forest, Banqiao Cave Group, Banqiao Underground River, Yunlong River Ground Fissure, Houshan Mountain and so on.