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Rongzhou was a district in the hills of southern Sichuan, home to the Bo people, known for their hanging coffins. The Yuan established it in 1285 under the Mahu circuit; the Bo stronghold of Lingxiao fell to the Mongols in 1288.

The Ming reduced Rongzhou to Rong County in 1371. In 1573 imperial troops besieged Lingxiao again, and the Bo were killed or assimilated, disappearing from written records. That year the county was renamed Xingwen, a name celebrating civil order.