Ruìchāng

Ruichang lies west of Jiujiang, near the southern bank of the Yangtze. Its hills contain ancient copper workings at Tongling, among the largest known prehistoric mining sites in northern Jiangxi. The county grew from Chiwu market, established under the Tang, and was named Ruichang under the Southern Tang. Its Qing gazetteer explained the name through the auspicious sight of a red crow said to have appeared here in the Three Kingdoms period. Under the Ming the county stood near the boundary between Jiangxi and Huguang.