Tiělǐng

Tieling stands between Shenyang and Kaiyuan in the northern Liaodong plain. Its name comes from a Ming military guard, moved here to the site of the older city of Yinzhou in 1393. The guard formed part of the network of fortified garrisons through which the Ming administered and defended Liaodong. Nurhaci's forces captured Tieling in 1619 during the wars that broke Ming power in the region. Under the Qing, the military guard was replaced by a county in 1664.