Hánguāng

Hanguang stands on the Lian River in the hills west of Yingde. Known in antiquity as Hanguang County, it was an administrative center for the surrounding country until the Yuan abolished the county in 1314 and incorporated it into Yingde. The old town remained a place of commerce: by the transition from Ming to Qing, merchants from Guangdong and provinces farther north came to trade here, making it a center for the markets of western Yingde.