Báimǎ

Baima stood on the south bank of the old Yellow River, at the crossing that took its name from the White Horse Ford. In 200 Guan Yu rode out from Cao Cao's camp here and killed Yuan Shao's general Yan Liang. The town grew around the walled terrace of Huatai, and from the Sui it was the seat of Huazhou, whose government sat in Baima County. The river that made the crossing also threatened it, and dikes along the plain needed constant repair. About 1370 the Ming abolished Baima County and merged it into the department of Huazhou, and in 1374 Huazhou itself was reduced to Hua County.