Luòchuān

Luochuan lies on the loess uplands south of Fuzhou, where the Luo River and its tributaries cut into the plateau. The county's name and its earlier seats recall a long history of settlement in these valleys. Under the Yuan, neighbouring Fucheng County was incorporated into Luochuan; the Ming and Qing retained the county under Fuzhou. Its county seat moved in earlier centuries, and in 1768 it was rebuilt at a new location, leaving older sites to be recorded in local gazetteers.