Shānghé

Shanghe is an old county town on the northern Shandong plain. Its earthen inner wall, said to have been begun in the Tang, enclosed a roughly oval town with four gates. Ming and Qing officials repaired the fortifications over the centuries. Inside stood the county offices, the Confucian temple, Fusheng Temple and the Kuixing Pavilion; the county seat lay in the northeastern corner, with offices and a prison nearby.