Mìshān

Mishan takes its name from Fengmi Shan, or Honey Mountain, in the country north of Lake Khanka. The lake and surrounding rivers supported communities long before the name Mishan came into use. Iron ploughs found at Fengmi Shan and nearby sites show that cultivation accompanied older fishing and hunting in the region. In the Qing period the Khanka country came under the authority of Ningguta and later the general at Jilin, within a frontier district subject to restrictions on settlement.