Dōngpíng

Dongping takes its name from the level ground east of the mouth of Liuxi, where the stream enters the Zi River. The settlement belonged to Anhua's Sandu district from the founding of the county under the Song through the Qing. Along this stretch of river, Dongping and neighbouring Huangshaping became centres of the Anhua dark tea trade. Merchants gathered at the riverside markets, and boats carried tea out through Lake Dongting toward the Yangtze and distant northern buyers.