Láibīn

Laibin lies beside the Liu River in central Guangxi. The county received its name in 743, when the Tang renamed the earlier county of Huaiyi. In 1261 officials built a town on Penglai Island in the river, within Laibin's territory, and moved the seat of Xiangzhou there the following year. The prefectural seat later moved again, but the river remained a prominent feature of the country around Laibin and its county town.