Yuèyáng

Yueyang was a small county town in the mountains east of the Fen River valley. Its walls enclosed a compact settlement, with gates and a moat protecting the county offices and temples. Floodwater from Wenjiagou damaged much of the city wall in 1466, prompting the magistrate Yue Rang to organise its repair. Later officials continued the work: in 1616 the northern gate was faced with brick, and in the early Qing townspeople contributed money and labour to renew walls and towers.