Língāo

Língāo lies on the northwestern coast of Hainan, facing the Qióngzhōu Strait. Its predecessor, Píshàn County, was established under the Sui and took its name from a nearby mountain. The Tang renamed it Língāo, and the county seat later moved to Mòcūn during the Southern Song. In 1501 the uprising led by the Li chief Fú Nánshé spread across western Hainan, and his followers attacked Língāo as well as several other county towns.