Báiní

Báiní stands beside the Yúqìng River in the hills of northeastern Guizhou. It was the seat of a hereditary native office under the rulers of Bōzhōu. The office became Báiní Zhou near the end of the Yuan dynasty, before the Ming restored it as a native chiefship in 1384. After the defeat of the Bōzhōu ruler Yáng Yìnglóng, the Ming combined the lands of Báiní and neighbouring Yúqìng to form Yúqìng County in 1601, with its seat at Báiní. The former chief was retained as a native registrar under the county government.