Linqing

Japanese: 臨清 - りんせい

A city in the Liaocheng district of northwestern Shandong Province, China, on the border of Hebei Province. Population 690,000 (1994). Located in the center of the lower Yellow River plain, where the Grand Canal (Huitong River, also called Wen River) and the Wei River (Yongji Canal) join, it was a key transportation hub in North China. Due to the devastation caused by the flooding of the Yellow River and changes in its course, the land conditions were unstable, so the prefecture capital was often relocated and its affiliation changed. During the Northern Wei dynasty, part of Qingyuan County, which had existed since the Han dynasty, was separated to form Linqing County. After the Huitong River was established in the Yuan dynasty, it developed as a key point for shipping to Beijing, and during the Ming dynasty, it was abolished as a county and promoted to a prefecture, which continued until the Qing dynasty.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国，山東省北西部，聊城（りようじよう）地区の河北省界にある市。人口69万(1994)。黄河下流平野の中央にあり，大運河(会通河，また汶河（ぶんが）という)と衛河(永済渠)が合する地点に位置し，華北の交通の要衝であった。黄河のはんらんによる荒廃や流路の変動で，土地条件が不安定なため，県城の移転，所属の変更がしばしばあったが，北魏に漢以来存在していた清淵県の一部を割いて臨清県が設けられた。元に会通河が設けられてより，北京への漕運の要衝として発達し，明には県を廃して州に昇格し清にいたった。

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