Píngshān

Pingshan lies where the Taihang Mountains open toward the Hebei plain. In the Warring States period the kingdom of Zhongshan established its capital at Lingshou in this district. Its walls enclosed a city near the mountains, and the rulers were buried in great tombs with companion graves and pits for chariots and horses. Zhao destroyed Zhongshan in 295 BCE, but the earthworks and burial mounds remained as traces of the old kingdom.