Qīngjiàn

Qingjian lies in the dissected loess country south of Suide, near the Wuding River and its route to the Yellow River. The settlement began as a fortified place in the borderlands contested by Song and Western Xia, and the Jin established Qingjian County. Under the Yuan, neighbouring Huaining was incorporated into the county as local administrations were consolidated. It remained part of the Suide district in later centuries, its old fortifications recalling a time when these valleys lay close to a contested frontier.