Xiùyán

Xiuyan lies among the wooded hills of eastern Liaodong, between the southern peninsula and the Yalu River. During the Ming period, its position made it a useful post for the defence of the eastern mountain country. In 1563 officials proposed placing an administrator at Xiuyan to guard against raiders threatening the coastal districts of Jinzhou, Fuzhou and Gaizhou. A surviving official seal recalls the town's role in provisioning.