Fūchuān

Fuchuan was the seat county of Huizhou beside the upper Yellow River, in a region long contested by Song, Western Xia and other powers. After Song forces recovered the district, they rebuilt the prefectural town and established Fuchuan at the end of the eleventh century. Forts and passes guarded the surrounding approaches. The county later bore the names Fuwen and Baochuan, while Huizhou changed hands again during wars between Jin, Western Xia and the Mongols. Its old fortified sites mark the importance of this river crossing.