Héshuǐ

Heshui lies east of Qingyang, at the meeting of streams descending from the wooded Ziwu Mountains. Its name means the joining of waters: the Jian River meets another stream near the county town, and their combined flow runs south toward the Malian River. The surrounding loess uplands are divided by deep valleys, with forested ridges to the east. Heshui was one of the counties governed from Qingyang Prefecture under the Ming, and the river junction gave the settlement a clear place in the geography of the district.