Lìshān

Lìshān was an old county in the mountain country south of Pingle in eastern Guangxi. The Sui founded a county here in 590 under the name Suihua; the Tang renamed it Lishan in 621 and made it Mengzhou in 634. In 1385 the Ming abolished the old county and made it a township of Lipu. In 1477, after officials negotiated with local Yao leaders, they established Yong'an Department in the area. A new walled seat was built for its administration, bringing the mountain Yao into the system of departments and counties, and it remained a department of Pingle Prefecture through the Ming and Qing.