Lixiahe, refers to the area between Jiangbei Li Canal (the middle section of the Jiangsu section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal) and Xiahe in Jiangsu Province, is the lowest-lying area between the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River in Jiangsu Province, with roughly five county-level administrative districts, covering a total area of 13,500 square kilometers, and with the city of Xinghua as the lowest-lying, commonly known as the "pot bottom depression". The water network in between is densely populated with rivers, making it a veritable water town.
The Lixiahe area involves the major cities of Gaoyou, Yangzhou, Taizhou, Nantong, Huai'an and Yancheng in Jiangsu Province.
LiXiahe, is not a river, because the Li Canal is called Li River, and the Shangchang River is called LiXiahe, and the plains are between these two rivers.
Li Xiahe Plain, the plains between these two rivers, so called the Lizhi River Plain, Lizhi River area.
Located in the northwest of Hai'an, Nammo Town, Baidian Town and Dunhou Town, Hai'an region is the most obvious characteristics of the Lixiahe town, where the river network is dense and developed water system, where the people are industrious and rich in produce, where the cultural traditions of the long history, is the hometown of the famous Qingdun culture.
In recent years, the pace of industrialization and urbanization has accelerated, but the natural formation of geographic features still remain.
The natural river network will be cleverly divided into the earth, the line or wide or narrow, or curved or straight, colorful and colorful and appropriate, especially after the pruning of the spring breeze in February, the picture is more bright and clear.
Whenever you take a deep breath, it will be the freshness of the freshness that comes from your nose, or the sweetness of the tender green vegetables, or the pollen of the cauliflower and peach blossom, or the light fragrance of the fat fish in Lixia River that just came out after the swim.
Whenever you raise your eyes and look into the distance, there must be a picture in front of you blooming on the ground, the houses stand by the river, the reflection in the quiet river flow, you can touch the dewdrops in the morning, and in the evening, you can hear the cooking smoke singing, the fish and shrimp play underwater, and the water surface has a small boat wandering.
Whenever you stop to watch, you will be able to meet the naive and hard-working Lixiahe townspeople, perhaps plowing and pruning in the vegetable greenhouses, perhaps harvesting grass ready to feed the fish, mussels, evening food. The red scarf is the middle-aged and elderly women's "standard", it can effectively block the sun, after the day's agricultural work, the evening still have to appear in the village square dance floor.
Here are a few spring scenes from Lixiahe, for the benefit of our readers.