Mǎlóng

Malong lies among the hills west of Qujing, on the route across eastern Yunnan. Under the Yuan, the earlier Nagu military office became Malong Prefecture in 1276, with Tongquan County under its authority. The Ming absorbed Tongquan into the prefecture in 1382 and established a military garrison at Malong in 1390. The prefecture remained attached to Qujing through the Ming and Qing, joining a local centre of government with a fortified post on the road across the plateau.