Wàn'ān

Wan'an stands on the Gan River, downstream from a difficult stretch of rapids between Ganzhou and the county town. The river's Eighteen Rapids were notorious for swift currents and rocks that could wreck boats; nine lay within the county. At Huangong Rapids, just outside Wan'an's south gate, boatmen faced one of the most dangerous passages. Earlier officials had rocks cut away in an effort to make the channel safer.