Dōng'ān

Dong'an lies in southwestern Hunan in the upper Xiang River basin. Mountains rise around the district, including Shunhuangshan, while the Zi and Luhong rivers join the network of streams that drains toward the Xiang. The Song established the county in 984 from territory taken from Lingling and Quanzhou. Its county gazetteer describes a modest administrative town with several shrines; the city god temple was rebuilt in 1772, its imposing buildings standing out among the otherwise simple public structures.