Dìng'ān

Dìng'ān lies inland on northern Hainan, south of Qióngzhōu. The Yuan established the county in 1294 and raised it to Nánjiàn Zhou in 1329, appointing the Li leader Wáng Guān as its magistrate. The early Ming returned it to county status in 1368. A new walled town was begun under the magistrate Luó Chāng in 1466 and took six years to complete. Beyond the town rose Wénbǐ Peak, whose shape became associated with learning and the county school.