Huìlái

Huilai lies on the coast of eastern Guangdong, between Chaoyang and Haifeng. Its name comes from the district chosen for the county seat, south of the Kui hills and near the sea. In 1524 the Ming established Huilai County from parts of Chaoyang and Haifeng. The following year work began on a new walled town, with water diverted from the Yanling River to fill its moat. Officials went on to establish a county office, a school and a temple to the city god, giving the new jurisdiction its administrative and ritual centre.