Nèijiāng

Neijiang stands beside the Tuo River in the southern Sichuan Basin. Its warm valleys have long supported sugar cane, grown here by at least the Song period. In 1716 a migrant from Fujian, Zeng Dayi, introduced another variety of cane and established a sugar workshop. Others followed, planting the crop along the river and expanding the making of sugar, a craft that became closely associated with the town.