Nánzhào

Nanzhao lies in the hills north of Nanyang, along the old road toward Luoyang. A stopping place for travellers called Nanzhaodian gave its name to the county established here under the Ming in 1476. The county was later absorbed into Nanyang in the early Qing, then restored in 1734. Its local gazetteer records the work of officials and residents in gathering accounts of the territory, its people and its past.