Lìpǔ

Lipu takes its name from the Li River that flows through the hilly country south of Guilin. The county was established under the Han and passed through many changes of jurisdiction over the centuries. Under the Song it belonged to Jingjiang, and in the early Ming it came under Guilin Prefecture. In 1491 the Ming transferred Lipu to Pingle Prefecture, to which it remained attached throughout the Qing. Its river joins the wider waterways of the Gui River basin.