Ancient Yizhou City

　　The earthen ridge that runs down from the mountaintop is the site of the town fortress built in the second year of the Putai era of the Northern Wei Dynasty (532 AD) and later the Yizhou City established in the first year of the Tongguang era of the Later Tang Dynasty of the Five Dynasties period. It stretches approximately 1.5 kilometers from east to west and about 0.5 kilometers from north to south. To the south lies the ? River, to the north it embraces Huajian Mountain, to the west it ends at Chenjiagou (the nearby village), and to the east it connects to the current county seat (where the city gate and walls have been demolished). In the second year of the Taiping Xingguo era of the Song Dynasty (977 AD), to avoid the naming taboo of Emperor Taizong Zhao Kuangyi, Yizhou (the “Yi” meaning “righteousness” in socialism) was changed to “Yi Zhou” by adding the “person” radical to the character “Yi.” By the time of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty (1101–1125), due to the city being too large and difficult to defend, the northwest part was abandoned. The traces seen today are those of the ancient Yizhou City. The subsequent Huating County town was merely a corner in the southeast of the ancient Yizhou City, which underwent repairs during the Jin, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties and remained in use until the end of the Republican era.