Shùnyáng

Shunyang was an old county in the valleys west of Dengzhou, near the Dan and Xi rivers. Its name appeared under the Han, and it later formed part of the Tang prefecture of Xizhou alongside Xichuan and Danshui. The surrounding district lay near the meeting of roads from Henan, Hubei and Shaanxi; in the Qing, nearby Jingziguan grew into a substantial trading town.