Pǔníng

Puning lies inland from the eastern Guangdong coast, in the country of the Lian River. The Ming established the county in 1563 from three districts of Chaoyang, hoping to bring order to the area. Its first administrative seat was temporary, at Guiyu. In 1575 the magistrate began building a new town at Houyu, later known as Hongyang, on land offered by local families for the county offices.