Fèixiàn

Fei County lies in the Yimeng region of southern Shandong. Its earliest town was the fief of the powerful Ji family of Lu; the county seat later moved to Feicheng, where it was re-established under the Sui in 583. The old walls were of rammed earth. In 1469 the Ming magistrate Yin Li mobilised local labour to rebuild them in stone, adding towers above four gates named for the views towards the Yi River, the schools, the sages and Mount Meng.