"Jiang" in Maqiao people, pronounced gang, generally refers to all waterways, including small ditches and brooks, not limited to mighty torrents.Just like the "sea" of the northerners, including lakes and ponds is a bit unbelievable to the southerners.Paying attention to size seems to be a matter for later generations. The river (江) and stream (浪) in English are divided by size.In France, which is just across the strait, fleuve refers to a river flowing into the sea, and riviere refers to an inland river or a tributary flowing into another river, regardless of size.It can be seen that there are many different names and principles in the four seas, and there is no one-to-one correspondence.

Maqiao people also understood size later on, but they didn't seem to pay enough attention to it, and only made a little difference in tone. "Jiang" refers to a big river when it is pronounced flat, and a small ditch or stream when it is pronounced into the sound. Outsiders have to listen to it for a long time before they make mistakes.When I first arrived in Maqiao, I had such a misunderstanding. Following the advice of the locals, I rushed to find the river.When I got there, I realized that the rushing river was so narrow that I could fly across both banks in one step.There are some dark water plants in it, and there are fleeting water snakes, which are not suitable for bathing and swimming at all.

A river that enters the sound is not a river that is flat.Walking along the entrance sound for a while, I walked into the hustle and bustle of the water for a while, walked into the tranquility of the water for a while, and re-entered the hustle and bustle again.I met an old man herding cattle. He said, don't think this river is small. The water used to be very greasy and burnt, so you can use it to light oil lamps.