Jīnjī

Jinji was a relay station in the Shuixi country of western Guizhou, on a mountain route linking Guizhou city with Bijie. The road crossed the lands of the hereditary Shuixi chiefs and formed part of the wider route toward Sichuan and Yunnan. Jinji was one of the stations at which messengers and travellers could change horses or find a place to rest. Maintaining these posts required cooperation between imperial authorities and the local rulers whose territories the route traversed.