Yǎnchéng

Yancheng lies beside the Sha River on the central Henan plain. In 1140 the Song general Yue Fei made the town a base during fighting against the Jin, and the battle around Yancheng entered the stories of his campaigns. Later the county acquired a Confucian temple whose Dacheng Hall dates from the Ming. The river required attention as well: a local inscription records work on an embankment along the Sha under the Qing.