白莲河，是浠水中游的一段河面，原称“石险河”，明代起称为“百里险”，又叫“白莲河”，因“石高数千丈，险滩十余里，浪涌如白莲”而得名。历史上每遇大旱，沙洲外露，田地龟裂，禾苗干枯，十室九空，常出现“赤地如焚、饿殍载道”的惨状。 在五十年代后期，毛主席发出了“ White Lotus River, is a section of the river in the middle reaches of Xishui, formerly known as “Dan Shek River”, Ming Dynasty called “Baili insurance”, also known as “White Lotus River” because “stone high thousands of feet, Yong, such as white lotus ”named. In the history of each case of drought, the sandbar exposed, cracked fields, dry seedlings, ten rooms nine empty, often appear “red land burning, hungry”. In the late fifties, Chairman Mao issued the "