Língshān

Língshān lies inland from the Gulf of Tonkin in the warm southern country of the Qīn River basin. Lychee trees have long been cultivated here: local gazetteers of the Ming and Qing record the fruit, and a Qing county gazetteer describes several varieties. The county belonged to the coastal administration of Liánzhōu, which linked the inland settlements of the region with the ports and salt-producing shores to the south.