Chǎngníng

Changning lies in the hills of southeastern Jiangxi, near the borders of Fujian and Guangdong. Its valleys and wooded ridges belong to a region in which Hakka communities settled among the mountains. The Ming established Changning County in 1576, adding it to the counties of Ganzhou Prefecture. Its name, expressing a wish for lasting peace, was given to a district whose settlements stood among the difficult uplands at the meeting of three provinces.