Tiāncháng

Tiāncháng lies between the Huái and Yangtze rivers, east of Chúzhōu. Its county was created in 742 from lands of Jiāngdū, Liùhé, and Gāoyóu. Originally named Qiānqiū in honour of the Táng emperor Xuánzōng’s birthday celebration, it later took the name Tiāncháng. The county belonged to the water-rich country north of the Yangtze.