Nánqiánjiāng

Qianjiang lies among the mountains and river valleys of southeastern Sichuan, in a district where Tujia and Miao communities have long lived alongside Han settlers. It belonged to Shaoqing in the Song and later passed through several changes of administration. After the Qing ended the hereditary chieftaincy of Youyang in 1735, Qianjiang was restored as a county under the new directly administered prefecture.