淇河

Qíhé

proper noun

Meanings

1 Qi River, river in northern Henan that flows past Hebi, the Qi of the Book of Songs

HSK 4

淇河流过鹤壁。

Qíhé liúguò Hèbì.

The Qi River flows past Hebi.

HSK 7-9

《诗经》里的淇水，就是今天的淇河。

《 Shījīng 》 lǐ de Qíshuǐ, jiùshì jīntiān de Qíhé.

The Qi water of the Book of Songs is today's Qi River.

culture

The Book of Songs calls it 淇水. In 《氓》, from the Airs of Wei (卫风), a wife cast off by her husband crosses back over it: 淇水汤汤, 'the Qi in full flood'.

history

淇县 on its banks stands on the site of 朝歌, the last capital of the Shang.

淇 qí

河 hé