Qióngshuǐ

Qiongshui lies in the wooded hills east of Zhenyuan, where a number of local communities were governed through hereditary chiefs. The Ming established a native office here in 1372, replacing an older county. Several neighbouring jurisdictions were subsequently joined as the Qiongshui Fifteen Dong chieftaincy, which came under Zhenyuan Prefecture. The office endured into the Qing, though its mountain country was not free from conflict: in 1735 Miao forces led by Bao Li and Hong Yin captured the seat during an uprising.