Rǔyáng

Ruyang was the seat of Runing Prefecture on the southern Henan plain, a place also remembered by the older name Runan. Its temples and bridges reflected its standing as a prefectural town. The Wuying Pagoda, a brick Buddhist tower, rose outside the western gate; a Ming inscription records that the princely house of Chong contributed money to rebuild it during the Longqing reign. A Confucian temple and stone bridges likewise formed part of the town's Ming landscape.