BEIJING, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 29th Nov, 2024) The Si River, formerly known as Sishui, belongs to one of the major rivers in ancient times. The Si River that originates Heiyu Mountain in Xintai City, Shandong Province, flows through seven counties and districts including Xintai, Sishui, Qufu, Yanzhou, Zoucheng, Rencheng, and Weishan, and drains into the South Four Lakes at the junction of Rencheng District and Weishan County in City. The river is 169 kilometers long,with a drainage area of 2,383.
6 square kilometers. "Time passes by like this, flowing away day and night," Confucius once sighed by the rushing Si River,leaving a remark that has lasted for a thousand years. For thousands of years, the Si River, with its broad embrace and surging momentum, has not only nurtured the profound Confucian culture but also attracted numerous sages, philosophers, and literati to here.
The five saints of Confucianism, as well as figures like Mozi and Zhongzi, either grew up here or engaged in activities here, forming an inseparable with the Si River. Li Daoyuan, a geographer the Northern Wei Dynasty, praised the Si River in his work "Shui Jing Zhu" as a renowned river of Haidai area. The Tang Dynasty Li Bai traveled extensively along the Si River, leaving behind the beautiful line "The autumn waves of Si Shui brighten Culai Mountain far away.
" The Southern Song Dynasty philosopher Zhu Xi also wrote the poem "When along the Si River I seek blooms of the bril.
