Suìpíng

Suiping lies on the plain east of the rocky Chaya Mountains. The settlement was once called Wufang and acquired the name Suiping under the Tang. Its county gazetteer, compiled in the eighteenth century, records the practical work required to manage water on the low ground: after a new channel was opened, embankments and ditches were made between Guojiaqiao and Wujiaqiao to guide the flow and lessen flooding downstream. Such works formed part of the local officials' account of their county.