Diànbái

Diànbái was the old seat of Gāozhōu, inland among the hills of western Guangdong. The prefectural capital had stood here since the Tang, and the old town contained a temple to Lady Xian, the revered local leader of the sixth century. In the Yuan and Ming periods the seat of government shifted south to Màomíng, while Diànbái remained a county town. Its walls were damaged during unrest in the fifteenth century; in 1468 the county seat was moved to the fortified coastal garrison of Shéndiàn. The inland town became known as Old Diànbái.