Linguocultural peculiarities of the “Huanghe” river in the Chinese poetry: contextual aspect

The article deals with the analysis of functioning of the hydronym “Huanghe” in the Chinese poetry of different periods. There are considered the cultural, historical and symbolic aspects of the river, its reflection in the fictional images and collocations. The contextual analysis, including the analysis of the frequency of hydronym use, the collocations study and the semantic analysis, is conducted. There are revealed the key semantic lines: greatness, beauty and destruction power of the river.