Shíchéng

Shíchéng was a county in western Guangdong, west of Huàzhōu. In 1167 Song officials requested its re-establishment because the western part of neighbouring Wúchuān was populous and lay far from the seat of government. The new county was formed on the site of an older Shíchéng. Under the Ming it passed to Gāozhōu Prefecture in 1376, before returning to the jurisdiction of Huàzhōu in 1381. It retained the name Shíchéng throughout the Ming and Qing periods.