Ashi River
The Ashi River is a right tributary of the Songhua in eastern Manchuria, located within Harbin's Acheng District in the People's Republic of China.Name
The river has borne the name "Ashi" since the Qing. Before that, it was known as the Anchuhu, a medieval Chinese transcription of its original Jurchen name Anchun, Ancun, or Alcun, meaning "Gold'" or "Golden", presumably from placer deposits along its banks.History
From the to the, the river formed part of the Korean kingdom of Buyeo.
The river was the home to Huining, the original settlement of the Wanyan clan of the Jurchens. When their chief Aguda declared himself the successor of the Liao, he adopted the dynastic name Jin as a Chinese translation of the river's name. Huining—as Shangjing —served as the Jin capital until 1234 and later served as a subsidiary capital after 1173.Citations
