1441 Yangtze flood

Flood during Ming dynasty China The 1441 Yangtze flood was a natural disaster affecting the area around Nanjing, China, during the Ming dynasty. The flood occurred in the late autumn and broke the river's banks repeatedly. The situation was a major emergency not only for Nanjing and the surrounding area but also for the northern capital Beijing, which depended upon grain shipments from the Yangtze valley. The southern entrance to the Grand Canal was at Yangzhou near Nanjing and had to be closed during heavy flooding.Tsai, Shih-Shan Henry. SUNY Series in Chinese Local Studies: The Eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty. SUNY Press, 1996. 0791426874, 9r780791426876. Accessed 16 Oct 2012. References 2 Category:History of Nanjing Category:Disasters in the Ming dynasty Yangtze Flood, 1441 Yangtze Flood, 1441 Category:Yangtze River floods Category:15th-century floods