-This is the 317th chapter of self-driving geography. Original Creation -
This is a major artery that runs from north to south through the north and south of China, with a total distance of nearly 4,400 kilometers.
It connects multiple traditional Chinese cultural areas, extending from Northeast China, North China, Central China to South China, and links multiple Chinese historical and cultural cities together.
This artery runs through multiple cultural areas. Picture by "China Self-Driving Geography"
It is not just a road. On this road, you can eat it from salty to spicy, then to sweet, and finally to bitter, and your diet will become more and more refined, from eating noodles, beef, sheep, all the way to eating rice, chicken, duck, and seafood.
This corridor goes south through the Xilingol Grassland and the Korqin Grassland. It passes through clouds and fog among the mountains and ridges, crosses the Yanshan , Taihang Mountains, and finally comes to the Nanling Mountains.
blue sky and white clouds are dependent on each other. The Korqin Grassland is a beautiful scenery on the roadside. Picture by King of Mountains
It is 207 National Highway , a major transportation artery that reaches the southernmost end of mainland China from the prairie.
runs through the 207 national highway in the north and south of China, picture by "China Self-Driving Geography"
1. From Northeast China to North China
207 national highway has a prosperous starting point, and it is also a glorious starting point for the New China to practice the regional national autonomy system: Xing'an League , in the domestic Northeast Economic Zone , internationally in the Northeast Asian Economic Circle , with a superior geographical location, the location of the alliance is "Red City" Ulanhot . People in this city, as soon as they open their mouths, they are all Northeast sounds.
(Northeast Economic Zone includes the East Second League and Three Cities of Heilongjiang Province, Jilin Province, Liaoning Province, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (i.e., Hulunbuir City , Xing'an League, Xilingol League , Tongliao City and Chifeng City ) and Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province, by "China Self-Driving Geography")
Xing'an League is named after its location in Daxing'anling . It is a shining pearl of the motherland's northern border .
Daxinganling, picture by "China Self-Driving Geography"
On the nearly 60,000 square kilometers of land in Xing'an League, 1/2 is grassland, 1/3 is forest, 1/10 is a nature reserve, more than 300 rivers of all sizes and large and small, and a total water resource of 5 billion cubic meters, so it is known as the "faucet" in the Northeast region.
207 National Highway extends southward, connecting Xilinhot and Taipu Temple Banner . At this time, the trunk line had left the Northeast region and came to , North China region, .
(National Highway 207-North China section According to the latest national plan, the G207 line has extended from Xilinhot City, in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to Ulanhot City, in , referred to as "Wuhai Line", picture by "China Self-Driving Geography")
Taipu Temple Banner is the last major city to pass through in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region National Highway 207. It is located on the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain. It is the closest natural grassland to Beijing. It was once the birthplace of the most famous Chahar tribe of the Mongolian people. It has the reputation of "purple chrysanthemums bloom in fragrance and full of clothes, and the ground pepper is growing in milk sheep and fat" .
Taipu Temple Banner is the "hometown of imperial horse culture". It was named after the agency in charge of the royal horse and the court's horse politics. To this day, traditional skills and customs such as raising horses, raising horses, and training horses are still preserved.
Taipu Temple Banner Royal Horse Garden, the former Royal Horse Farm, today's Beijing back garden, picture bykxlyffs
Leaving the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, ahead of it is Yinshan Mountains .
"Chile River, under Yinshan Mountain. The sky is like a dome, covering all the fields. The sky is vast and the wilderness is vast. The wind blows the grass and sees cattle and sheep."
As a natural barrier for ancient northern border defense, the Yinshan Mountains are not only a natural dividing line in the economic form of agriculture and animal husbandry, but also a lifeline in the eyes of the Huns who have confronted the Central Plains dynasty for hundreds of years.
207 National Highway Yinshan section, picture by "China Self-Driving Geography"
crosses the Yinshan Mountains, and then passes through Yanshan Mountains . National Highway 207 will enter the Yanzhao land, which has many generous and tragic people since ancient times - Hebei .
yan , centered on Beijing; zhao , centered on handan , Xingtai County . The dividing line between Yan and Zhao is in Hebei Baoding . There is a rumor circulating in the local area: "Cangzhou Lion Dingzhou Tower, Dajian Melon in Baoding Prefecture" .
"Cracked melon" refers to "stones of all countries". It is said that this stone is the symbol of the division between Yan and Zhao. This stone is now displayed in the ancient bell tower in Baoding City.
207 National Highway Yanzhao Regional Section, picture by "China Self-Driving Geography"
starts from Zhangjiakou City Zhangbei County, passes through Baoding City, Shijiazhuang City, and ends at Lingchuan County, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province. National Highway 207 will travel about 897 kilometers across the Yanzhao area.
also means that this trunk line crosses the geographical dividing line that divides China's agricultural and pastoral areas - agricultural and pastoral boundary line .
China is a country that builds economic development on agriculture. As early as the Han Dynasty, Sima Qian planned the agricultural and animal husbandry dividing line in "Records of the Grand Historian": from Jieshi (now Suizhong County, Liaoning) to Longmen (now between Hejin County, Shanxi and Hancheng County, Shaanxi) . The line of
is the lifeline of the Han Empire. If you possess it, a dynasty can grow into an empire.
207 National Highway Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Dividing Section, Picture by "China Self-Driving Geography"
During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, troops were sent to the north to attack the Huns many times, and four counties were set up in Hexi Corridor , Dunhuang , Jiuquan, Zhangye , and Wuwei . Later, a large number of agricultural population were moved from the mainland to build water conservancy and open military farms.
Emperor Xuan expanded the border and Qiang, and the Han people in the Central Plains moved to the Hehuang area to cultivate large-scale farming. Therefore, after Emperor Wu of Han, the agricultural dividing line was greatly advanced northward, and the northern boundary of the agricultural area was roughly located on the north side of the Hexi Corridor of Huangshui River Basin - Helan Mountain - Yinshan and the first line of the Great Wall .
207 National Highway sometimes crosses mountains and ridges, and sometimes moves along the city. Next, it will officially enter the historic Central Plains .
2. The historical Central Plains
is here. National Highway 207 first contacted with Henan as the core , and takes the vast middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River as the hinterland , radiating outward layer by layer, affecting the Central Plains culture that extends overseas.
The ancients often used words such as "China" and "Zhongzhou" as synonyms of the Central Plains, believing that the ancient "Central Plains" refers to the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. It is an area where the Chinese tribes of the are concentratedly distributed, and the center is ancient Yuzhou (now Henan) .
Therefore, the Huaxia people with more advanced cultures called themselves "China" to distinguish them from the "Four Barbarians".
207 National Highway Central Plains Section, picture by "China Self-Driving Geography"
For a long time, the famous cities located in the Central Plains are all ancient cities, just like Henan's Luoyang . Looking at China's thousands of years of history, Luoyang, an ancient capital of the thirteen dynasties, has been relic of the lives of his ancestors since the Stone Age. In the later Western Zhou Dynasty, it became the political and economic center of that time.
When it comes to Luoyang, the most famous attraction is the eternal masterpiece carved on stone - Longmen Grottoes . It can be said that Longmen Grottoes are an indispensable aspect of Luoyang's cultural development for thousands of years.
After the Northern Wei Emperor Xiaowen moved the capital to Luoyang, the earliest prototype of the cave was found. After the fall of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the construction of the Longmen Grottoes was not affected. Since then, it has been continuously repaired on a large scale in all dynasties, making this whole body preserved so perfectly after thousands of years of wind and rain.
Luoyang Longmen Grottoes, map by member Jianjia
set off from Luoyang, before National Highway 207 heading south to Hubei Province, it will briefly cross the Qinling -Huaihe front line in southern Henan, and directly to Xiangyang , which has been a battleground for military families since ancient times. It ushered in a turning point here, entering Jingchu culture from Central Plains culture.
207 National Highway Qinling-Huaihe Section, picture by "China Self-Driving Geography"
Jingchu culture is a regional culture that emerged in ancient my country's Jianghan Basin, and was named after the Chu State and the Chu people.
"Jing" was the place name, first appeared in the Xia Dynasty. After Yu controlled the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, he established the legendary ancient Jingzhou . By the time of King Cheng of Zhou, he was enthroned and sold (yù), and Sun Xiong translated it in Chu land , and Chu officially became the name of a fief of the Zhou Dynasty.
Jingchu area is located in the north-south transition zone in terms of geographical conditions, and Xiangyang is the main birthplace of this culture.
Xiangyang is located in the hinterland of the plain of Hanjiang Middle River , and is located in the embrace of Wudang Mountain and Funiu Mountain. The north is connected to the Nanxiang Basin, and the west is guarding the Han River transportation route. The pattern between the mountains and rivers and the relatively closed regional environment make Xiangyang easy to defend and difficult to attack. Therefore, this city has always been connected to Jingluo in the north and Bashu in the west and "throat" .
207 National Highway Jingchu section, picture by "China Self-Driving Geography"
and walk south, National Highway 207 enters another Chu cultural boundary - Xiang Chu culture . At the same time, it will also become the only national highway in that spans the four major rivers of Hunan, Zi, Yuan and Li in Hunan.
crosses the fourth largest river in Hunan on Zhanggongmiao Town, Li County, Hunan ; in Changde City, it crosses the second largest river in Hunan Yuanjiang ; in Taojiang County, Majitang Town, , Xinshao County, Jiuxi Town, and Shaoyang Beita District, , and March2, and March2, it crossed the third largest river in Hunan Zishui ; in Shiqi Town, Dong'an County, , Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong Province, Shandong
207 National Highway Hunan-Chu section, picture by "China Self-Driving Geography"
has come to this point, National Highway 207 is about to leave the oldest Central Plains region, but it did not stop here, but resolutely continued to go south.
3. The neglected Nanling
Immediately afterwards, National Highway 207 came to South China region . In the Nanling mountains on the junction of Hunan and Guangxi, there are more than a dozen ethnic minorities living in Zhuang , Buyi , Dong , Shui , Chung , Mù , She , etc.
Nanling is a place where ethnic minorities in the south live and reproduce, and is also a channel for their movement and migration.
Compared with the Qinling Mountains, the dividing line between the south of China, Nanling, a geographical concept that is often overlooked.
207 National Highway Nanling section, pictured by "China Self-Driving Geography"
Nanling, also known as Wuling, mainly composed of five mountains: Dayuling , Qitianling , Dupangling , Mengzhuling , Yuechengling .
Nanling is not a simple mountain range, but a "dashed line". The five mountains have no unified direction, but they form this huge dotted line side by side, clearly distinguishing the two major basins of the Yangtze River and the Zhujiang , which is rare in the whole world. The first pass of National Highway 3
207 is the east gate of Guangxi - Hezhou . This city is located at the intersection of "three circles and one belt" (Pearl River Delta Economic Circle, Beibu Gulf Economic Circle, Southwest Economic Circle and Pearl River-Xijiang Economic Belt).
207 National Highway three circles and one section, picture by "China Self-Driving Geography"
leaves Hezhou, National Highway 207 continues to move south, passing through the "centennial commercial port" Wuzhou . This is one of the earliest birthplaces of Lingnan culture and Cantonese, which is recognized by , and is also the source of "Guangzhou" in Guangxi, Guangdong.
During the Han Dynasty, Wuzhou was named " Guangxin County " . Its geographical location is extremely superior, and it has a summary of the summary of Xunjiang , Guijiang , and Xijiang . Since ancient times, it has been known as " Sanjiang summary".
in in in in the Han Dynasty, the administrative structure of Lingnan has not changed much. Since the Song Dynasty, it was called "Guangnan East Road" to the east of Guangxin County, and to the west it is called "Guangnan West Road" , which is abbreviated as "Guangdong" and "Guangxi".
Speaking of which, eastern Guangxi and western Guangdong are a family . Due to their geographical location, they are more connected in terms of culture, language, and customs. The eastern Guangxi region is closely linked to Guangdong, and many older generations in eastern Guangxi have always considered themselves from Guangdong.
207 South China section of National Highway, picture by "China Self-Driving Geography"
very quickly, the mileage of National Highway 207 reached 4375 kilometers. At this time, it has entered the southernmost end of mainland China - Xuwen County . Here, it will encounter a golden "sea of pineapples".
Xuwen County has a tropical monsoon climate, long light time, and its unique geographical landscape gives pineapples a unique growth environment, allowing this "imported product" to take root and reproduce here and grow vigorously.
also created Xuwen, becoming the "China's Winter North Melon and Vegetable Base" and "China's Fruit and Vegetable Basket" .
(The southernmost tip of mainland China - Xuwen Denglou Corner, the earliest navigation lighthouse on the Leizhou Peninsula, was the first shot of the first shot in the battle of Duqiong to liberate Hainan, bytjzms)
After enjoying the deliciousness of melon and vegetables, it is time to eat some seafood. As the mileage increases little by little, National Highway 207 finally arrived at its destination - Hai'an .
After a long trek, crossing the grasslands, climbing mountains, stopping in the historical and cultural cities, National Highway 207, which runs through north and south of China, finally came from the northern grassland to the southern coast.
Compared with other famous national highways, National Highway 207 is not familiar to everyone. There may not be dense scenery on this road, but it has a diverse history and culture, which can provide us with an opportunity to understand the "north and south" again.
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Mai Bonan. "Attachment of the National Highway of China of the People's Republic of China". China Map Publishing House. 2002
G207 National Highway directly reaches the southernmost end of mainland China. "Car Self-Driving Tour" 2018 Issue 2
Bai Shouyi and Shi Nianhai. "General History of China" 9 Volume 6 Middle Ages Sui and Tang Dynasties [M]. Shanghai People's Publishing House. 2015
Wu Tao. "Introduction to Central Plains Culture". Elephant Publishing House. 2017
Pi Yuanchang. "Jingchu Culture". Wuhan University Press. 2000
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