Nánkāng

Nankang lies west of Ganzhou in the valley of the Zhang River. Its villages and hills formed part of Nan'an Prefecture under the Ming and Qing. At Tanbang, a lineage built a fortified settlement with five gates, modelled on the walls of Ganzhou. According to a family genealogy, Tan Qiaoche had served with Wang Yangming in the campaigns against armed groups at Tonggang and Hengshui. His relatives funded the new enclosure in the early sixteenth century to shelter their descendants.