Yíliáng

Yiliang lies east of Kunming in the upper Nanpan River country, where mountain ranges alternate with cultivated basins. An older settlement was built between the hills by a local Luo leader and was known as Luopoulong. The Yuan established Yiliang as a prefecture in 1276, then made it a county in 1284; the Ming and Qing retained it under Yunnan Prefecture. In the early Ming, the general Mu Ying had Shengfeng Bridge built over the western watercourse, giving the town its first stone bridge.