page_title: Qingyang County
hierarchical_section_title: Qingyang County
caption_attribution_description: Location of Chizhou Prefecture (yellow) within Anhui Province of China Map drawn in december 2007 using various sources, mainly&#160;: Anhui Province administrative regions GIS data: 1:1M, County level, 1990 Anhui Counties map from www.hua2.com
context_page_description: Qingyang County is a county in the south of Anhui Province, People's Republic of China. It is the northeastern-most county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Chizhou. It has a population of 280,000 and an area of 1,181 square kilometres. The government of Qingyang County is located in Rongcheng Town.
  Qingyang county benefited in 1540 from Mao Kun's brief tenure as magistrate. He helped the coppersmiths of the area by shutting down illegal shops that were being run by people from outside the county, and mitigated the abuses of local bullies. The county honored him with a shrine when he had to return home to mourn his father's death.
context_section_description: Qingyang County (simplified Chinese: 青阳县; traditional Chinese: 青陽縣; pinyin: Qīngyáng Xiàn) is a county in the south of Anhui Province, People's Republic of China. It is the northeastern-most county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Chizhou. It has a population of 280,000 and an area of 1,181 square kilometres (456 sq mi). The government of Qingyang County is located in Rongcheng Town.
  Qingyang county benefited in 1540 from Mao Kun (Chinese: 茅坤)(1512–1601)'s brief (2-month) tenure as magistrate.  He helped the coppersmiths of the area by shutting down illegal shops that were being run by people from outside the county, and mitigated the abuses of local bullies.  The county honored him with a shrine when he had to return home to mourn his father's death.
caption: Chizhou in Anhui
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