Píngxiāng

Pingxiang lies in the hills of western Jiangxi, on the route towards Hunan. An old county of Yuanzhou, it was raised to a prefecture under the Yuan in 1295 and made a county again in the early Ming. Postal stations served travellers on the roads through its district. In 1338, the Buddhist monk Peng Yingyu and his followers rose against the Yuan at temples in Pingxiang and neighbouring Yichun. The revolt was suppressed, but Peng escaped and later became associated with further uprisings against Mongol rule.