Zēngchéng

Zengcheng lies on the Zeng River east of Guangzhou. Its villages and fields extend from the river plain into wooded hills. The district is associated with He Xiangu, the woman revered in Daoist tradition as one of the Eight Immortals; a family shrine at Xiaolou preserves her local story. In the Ming Hongzhi reign, parts of Zengcheng were separated to create the counties of Conghua and Longmen. The county remained under Guangzhou Prefecture through the Ming and Qing, while the worship of He Xiangu continued in temples and stories along the Zeng River.