Zhāohuà

Zhaohua, formerly Jiameng, occupies the meeting place of the Bailong and Jialing rivers south of Guangyuan. Its position on the old Jinniu road made it a gateway between the Sichuan Basin and the lands of Qin to the north. The walled county town stood amid river bends and mountains, a stopping place for travellers entering the difficult roads of northern Sichuan.