page_title: Guyuan
hierarchical_section_title: Guyuan
caption_attribution_description: English: Second-order towns of the Viceroyalty of Shaan-Gan: Lanzhou (蘭州); Ganzhou (甘州), now a district of Zhangye; Jingzhou (涇州), now known as Jingchuan; and Guyuanzhou (固原州), now the Yuanzhou District of Guyuan in Ningxia. Français&#160;: "Villes du Second Ordre de la Province de Chensi: Lan-tcheou, ou demeure le Vice-roy de Chensi", avec Hoang-ho, ou Fleuve jaune; "Can-tcheou ou demeure le general des troupes qui gardent la grande muraille", avec He Ho R.; "King-tcheou", avec King Ho R.; "Cou-yuen-tcheou. A plan du tribunal du Tsiang Kun ou Commandant general des troupes." Gravure extraite de Description de la Chine, édition de La Haye 1736. Tome 1 page 225.
context_page_description: Guyuan, formerly known as Xihaigu, is a prefecture-level city in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. It occupies the southernmost section of the region, bordering Gansu province to the east, south, and due west. This is also the site of Mount Sumeru Grottoes, which is among the ten most famous grottoes in China. As of the end of 2018, the total resident population in Guyuan was 1,124,200.
context_section_description: Guyuan  (Chinese: 固原; pinyin: Gùyuán), formerly known as Xihaigu (Chinese: 西海固; pinyin: xīhǎigù), is a prefecture-level city in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. It occupies the southernmost section of the region, bordering Gansu province to the east, south, and due west. This is also the site of Mount Sumeru Grottoes (须弥山), which is among the ten most famous grottoes in China. As of the end of 2018, the total resident population in Guyuan was 1,124,200.
caption: "Cou-yuen-tcheou" and other "second-order" towns of Shaan-Gan from Du Halde's 1736 Description of China, based on reports from Jesuit missionaries
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