Máxiá

Maxia was the name of a county in the Yuan period in eastern Guizhou. Its former seat is identified near Majiang. Mountain valleys and wooded slopes connected communities across the wider Pingyue region, where cultivation and livestock keeping formed part of rural life.

During the early Ming, Maxia County was abolished and the Mahā native chieftaincy was established in the region. The change formed part of the reorganization of local jurisdictions and military administration. The Pingyue garrison, established in 1381, formed part of the wider Ming presence in Guizhou.