Bǎoníng
Bǎoníng stood among the mountains west of the upper Min River, at the site later known as Xuēchéng. It was a county under Wēizhōu before the early Ming reorganized the region. In 1373 the Ming created Bǎo County from part of Bǎoníng; in 1387 Bǎoníng County was abolished and its remaining territory assigned to Wēizhōu. Xuēchéng's surviving Níngjiāng Gate dates from the Ming period.