Píngchuān

Pingchuan lies among the mountains of Yanyuan, west of the Anning River valley. In the Yuan period this wider country came under Baixing prefecture, centred on the salt-producing district of Runyan. Under the Ming and Qing, hereditary local chiefs governed much of the mountainous land beyond the main garrisons and market towns. The territory of the Gubaishu chief included much of the country around Pingchuan.