Xīngàn

Xīngàn is one of the eighteen ancient counties of Jiāngxī, set up in 221 BCE on the middle reaches of the Gàn River. Its seat moved once under the Suí, to the village of Nánshì. In 627 it was the seat of an inspector of five prefectures including Qián and Jí, and under the Míng it belonged to Línjiāng Prefecture, on the river road between Nánchāng and Jí'ān.