Lèshòu

Leshou lies on the plains of central Hebei, in a district associated with Liu De, the Han prince of Hejian. His tomb and those of his descendants gave the later prefecture its name of Xian, recalling his posthumous title. In 1375 the Ming reduced Xian Prefecture to a county. A shrine to the prince was built in 1534, and a five-arched stone bridge at Danqiao is another reminder of the building work undertaken in the district under the Ming.