Zhōngmù

Zhongmu lies on the plain south of the Yellow River, between Zhengzhou and Kaifeng. Its history reaches back to a county of the Han, though its name and jurisdiction changed in subsequent centuries. Nearby Guandu became famous for the battle of 200, when Cao Cao defeated the army of Yuan Shao after striking its supplies. Old Buddhist monuments in the county include the twin pagodas of Shousheng Temple, reminders of the religious life that later grew around the settlements of the plain.