Bōài

Bo'ai stands on a river route leading east from the mountains of southeastern Yunnan into Guangxi. Here the river bends eastward toward Baise and the larger waterways of the Pearl River system. The landing brought together merchants and mule caravans from Fuzhou and Guangnan, who came to collect goods carried along the river. A substantial wharf built in 1811 bears witness to the importance of this trading place, where the roads through the hills met the boats of the lowlands.