Dōngxiāng

Dongxiang lies in the hill country northeast of Dazhou, where streams descend from the Daba Mountains. A county was established here under the Ming in 1465, at a place that had already served as a county seat in the Tang. In 1815 its magistrate Xu Chenmo organised the compilation of a county gazetteer, gathering a record of the district's administration, landscape and people.