Héyáng

Heyang was the county at the seat of Chengjiang prefecture in central Yunnan, north of Fuxian Lake. The Ming converted the region's Yuan administrative unit into a prefecture in1382, retaining Heyang among its counties. The town therefore served both county and prefectural institutions, connecting local communities to overlapping levels of government.

Education took shape through a similarly close relationship. In 1626 officials established a separate county school, with a Confucian temple, teaching hall and associated ritual buildings. In 1691 the Minglun Hall was moved beside the school, and local scholars later helped build a library pavilion. In 1702 the county school was attached to the prefectural temple complex, while the former county temple became a shrine to Cangjie. These arrangements show how officials and scholarly donors reshaped the town's educational landscape, sharing institutions and reassigning buildings as the needs of county and prefecture changed.