China's second-largest river isn't the Yellow River.
It's the Pearl River.
The Pearl River, entrenched in Lingnan, is the "mother river" of the entire Lingnan region.
Yet, there are very few stories about the Pearl River.
During our research, the characteristics of the Pearl River basin always surprise us.
It isn't a single main stem, but a three-river confluence;
It doesn't have a single estuary, but a complex delta network bursting through "eight gateways to the sea".
Its source is an underground river.
Its basin is almost entirely mountainous and hilly. It has no snowmelt water supply, but it is a super river with an annual runoff second only to the Yangtze River.
Fate gave the Pearl River a low starting point and then placed numerous obstacles before it.
The Pearl River defies all odds – blocked by a thousand mountains, it carves its way through them; faced with ten thousand waves, it battles against them!
The Pearl River has nurtured such people—Liu Sanjie in the upper reaches, Huang Feihong in the Pearl River Estuary...
These Pearl River natives are daring and adventurous, with an unyielding character. And so too is the homeland they have shaped!
So, on this land, you will see a China that has been flowing for thousands of years, a China full of vitality and creativity!
Welcome to watch《What is the Pearl River》, co-produced by Poly Development Holdings and Institute for Planet, and dive into the Pearl River's epic saga!
Source: Institute for Planets
