Jǐngxíng

Jingxing's Ming and Qing county seat stood at Tianchang in the western mountains of the county. The fortified town occupied a loess terrace, with rivers on three sides and a mountain on the fourth. An earthen wall was begun in 1376 and replaced with stone in 1530. Its east, west and south gates each had an outer enclosure; much of the wall had stone facing over rammed earth, while the northern side remained earthen. Flood damage repeatedly forced repairs.