Xīnchéng

Xincheng stood on the Litan River in eastern Jiangxi, near the mountain routes into Fujian. The Southern Song established the county in 1138 from five districts of Nancheng, making the market town of Litan its seat. It belonged to Jianchang throughout the Yuan, Ming and Qing. The town originally had no walls: earth defences were begun in 1512 and faced with brick and stone two years later. Rain damaged them in 1519, and further repairs followed during the Jiajing reign.