Bàngbǎn

Banbang stands in a low hollow where streams meet the Xiyang River east of Guangnan. Its Zhuang name describes a village in a depression, an apt name for a settlement among the surrounding mountains. In the Qing period an officer was stationed here, and boats could follow the river downstream toward Bo'ai. The old landing marked a meeting of waterways and paths through the hills, linking this small settlement with the markets farther east.