Xiàyì

Xiayi lies on the eastern Henan plain, in the lands administered from Guide. The county was known as Xiayi, written with a character meaning 'below', under the Yuan; early in the Ming its name was written with a character meaning 'summer' instead. Its walls were enlarged during the Zhengtong reign and repaired under the Qing. Local officials first compiled a county gazetteer in 1547, recording the territory's waterways, customs, taxes, schools and notable people for later generations.