Yángxìn

Yangxin is an old county on the northern Shandong plain, established in the early Han. Its seat occupied several sites over the centuries, but the old town served as the county centre throughout the Yuan, Ming and Qing. Within it stood the county offices, a Confucian temple and Buddhist temples. The district was also known for its pears, grown on a substantial scale by the Ming and Qing and prized as a tribute fruit.