Póyáng

Poyang stands near the great lake that bears its name, where the Po River gathers waters from the surrounding country before entering the lake. Long a seat of government, the town was the centre of Raozhou and its predecessor jurisdictions. Under the Yuan it was the seat of Raozhou Circuit. In 1361, during the wars at the end of Yuan rule, Zhu Yuanzhang made it the centre of Poyang Prefecture; the following year the prefecture resumed the name Raozhou. Poyang remained its seat throughout the Ming and Qing.