Suíníng

Suíníng is a county town in the wooded mountains of southwestern Hunan. The Song established a county here after incorporating the region of the old Huīzhōu settlements, and the Ming placed it under Jìngzhōu in 1370. The town contained a magistrate's office, tax office and post station. Its defences were rebuilt in stone in 1506, while an iron bell cast in 1471 hung in the Ānpíng Daoist temple. Miao, Yao, Dong and Han communities lived throughout the surrounding hills and valleys.