Gōngchéng

Gongcheng lies among the hills east of the Li River. Its county town acquired several temples during the Ming, each honoring a different figure. A Confucian temple was founded in 1410, with halls arranged along an axis rising toward the hillside. In 1478 a shrine was built to Zhou Wei, a local official of the Song. A temple to the warrior Guan Yu followed in 1603, standing beside the Confucian temple and providing another focus for the town's rites.