Xianggui Corridor Explained

Xianggui Corridor
Label1:Chinese
Data1:湘桂走廊
Label2:Location
Data2:Northeast Guangxi[1]
Label3:Alternative name
Data3:Hunan-Guangxi Corridor

Xianggui Corridor or Xianggui Zoulang[2], also known as Hunan-Guangxi Corridor, [3] is a geographical corridor[4] located between the Yuecheng Ridge (越城岭) in the northwest and the Dupang Ridge (都庞岭) in the southwest of Xing'an, Guangxi.[5]

Overview

Xianggui Corridor runs from northeast to southwest,[6] is a canyon shaped like a corridor, has been a hot battleground contested by all strategists (兵家必争之地) since ancient times.[7]

The main cities and counties that the Xianggui Corridor passes through are Quanzhou, Xing'an, Lingchuan, Guilin, Yongfu, etc. It has been the main traffic route from the Central Plains to Lingnan since ancient times. [8]

Notes and References

  1. News: Loan from the World Bank. World Bank. 12 April 1997.
  2. Book: China Geographical Names Committee. People's Republic of China Gazetteer. 1994. China Society Press. 978-7-80088-395-8. 830–.
  3. News: Hunan-Guangxi Corridor A Historic Main Artery of Communication. PressReader. 2020-06-10.
  4. Book: Xuming Tan. Yunpeng Li. Jun Deng. Jinhong Wan, Jiangang Liu. The Technical History Of China's Grand Canal. 24 September 2019. World Scientific. 978-1-945552-05-2. 14–.
  5. Book: Jueming Hua. Thirty Great Inventions of China: From Millet Agriculture to Artemisinin. 2020. Springer Nature. 9789811565250. 217–.
  6. Book: Fang Wang. Geo-Architecture and Landscape in China's Geographic and Historic Context: Volume 1 Geo-Architecture Wandering in the Landscape. 22 April 2016. Springer. 978-981-10-0483-4. 236–.
  7. News: Written on the 85th anniversary of the Battle of Xiangjiang River in the Long March of the Red Army. https://web.archive.org/web/20191128060707/http://www.xinhuanet.com/local/2019-11/27/c_1125280957.htm. dead. November 28, 2019. Xinhuanet.com. 2019-11-27.
  8. Book: An Anthology of Guangxi Archaeology. 2006. Sciences Press. 978-7-03-016499-5. 495–.