Níngfān

Ningfan lay east of Beisheng in the mountains north of the Jinsha River. Under the Ming, a hereditary patrol office bearing this name belonged to Beisheng Prefecture. The region's mountains and river valleys formed part of a wider country governed by local chiefs, whose lands crossed the routes between Yunnan and Sichuan. In the Qing period the surrounding Yongbei district remained home to several hereditary offices, even as imperial administration and settlement extended into the highlands.