Xīntiān

Xintian lies east of Guizhou city on the road through the plateau toward Huguang. The Yuan established a native administration here in 1291; the Ming later placed a garrison at the town, making it Xintian Guard in 1390. Soldiers cultivated military fields around the fort, while the guard oversaw several hereditary local offices. In the early seventeenth century government troops set out from Xintian to relieve the siege of Guizhou city. The Qing abolished the guard in 1687 and moved the seat of Guiding County into its town.