Dìngxīng

Dingxing lies on the Hebei plain between Baoding and the northern mountains. A stone pillar in the district commemorates a Buddhist charitable association formed after the violence of the Northern Wei's last years, when its members buried the unclaimed dead. In the county town, the Ciyun Pavilion was built under the Yuan as a hall of compassion. Its timber structure and surviving inscription recall the patrons and craftsmen who sustained religious building here.