Dàbāshān

The western Daba Mountains rise between the Hanzhong basin and the northern edge of Sichuan. Known in part as the Micang range, they divide rivers flowing north to the Han from those running south towards the Jialing. Mountain tracks followed tributary valleys across the ridges; branches of the old Micang road connected Hanzhong with Tongjiang, Nanjiang and Bazhou through a landscape of forest, steep slopes and narrow passes.