Qiáoxiàn

Qiáo, the old county at Bózhōu, stands beside the Guō River in the northern Ānhuī plain. Merchants from distant provinces gathered in its markets, particularly to trade medicinal goods. In 1656 traders from Shānxī and Shǎnxī began building a temple to Guān Dì; a theatre was added in 1676, creating the richly decorated Huāxìlóu.