Jiajin

Jiayin lies beside the Amur in a country of forested hills and tributary rivers. The Jiayin River gives the area its name and joins the larger network of streams flowing towards the Amur. In the Ming period, guards and offices were established among local communities in the region. From the seventeenth century the surrounding forests were used by Oroqen hunters, whose movements followed the rivers and the animals of the taiga.