Xiangling City

Xiangling City () is a bustling metropolis located on China's eastern coast. It is ruled by Feng Lin and holds several locations, most notably the Zhaowan Palace, the School of Power and Virtue, Sky-Reflecting Mirror, and the Canguang Temple.
== Description ==
Xiangling City is a vast city similar to Juniper City near the ocean with many streets, businesses, shops, and other such places. The city also features several buildings that make use of jade, especially on businesses belonging to wealthy and upper-class citizens, to signify their status, and this is how it earned its name. The architecture of the buildings themselves resemble those seen in Gongmen City, and feature several tall buildings that, while made with wood and concrete, are also made out of marble and other fine stones for the wealthy. This architecture extends to the harbor, temples, and theaters located around the city.
On the outside, Xiangling City looks like a powerful city with amiable people and beautiful architecture, earning it the title of "most beautiful city in all of China," but beneath its glitz and glamour lies a large divide between the rich and the poor that has effectively divided the city into two halves. The main part of the city is where the wealthy citizens typically live, while the poorer citizens live on its outskirts. There is much discrimination between the two halves, and while the ruler is aware of both halves and seeks to bring peace to both, the citizens in the main city frequently refuse such policies, and the poor citizens approach any new policy with skepticism due to the poor handling of the government. This city also has a firm regulations on kung fu, including the way it is practiced, needing to be licensed before using it, having a set limit of schools within the city, etc.
== History ==
=== Background ===
A long time ago, a family of merchants who were ancestors of Feng Lin arrived at the Sky-Reflecting Mirror, with many of them ill and all of them running low on resources to travel along their route. When they arrived at the lake, they were greeted by the Immortal of Radiantly Shining Waters, who introduced himself as Guang Lin, and made a deal with the family: in exchange for the materials from the bay and protection by the spirit from any bandits who may try to raid them, depending on how much they took from the bay and the length at which they stayed, they would eventually help the spirit in a task. The family agreed, and stayed for many months, assembling a camp for any future merchants wandering through the area. When they were about to leave, the spirit reminded them of the deal they made, and instructed them of their task: building a village. 
The family was confused, and asked the spirit why it needed a village, to which it responded by stating that as society advanced, spirits such as him would fade away to nothing, leaving the natural world to which they were connected vulnerable. He then added that to not be forgotten, he had to turn to the people of the advancing society to garner faith, and the family understood. Still though, the family had only tools necessary to build a small camp, not to assemble a village from scratch, and after mentioning this Guang Lin, he then rose various jade and wooden artifacts from the bay and lent them to the family, stating that not only would he instruct them on how to use them, but, he would also directly assist them in building. To demonstrate this, he built the family a grand home which he called "Zhaowan Palace" and told them that they would oversee the city from there. Afterwards, with the assistance of not only Guang Lin, but also wandering merchants and other people, the foundations of what would later become the modern Xiangling City were built.
For many long years, Feng Lin's family have been the rulers of Xiangling City, and at around the time Feng Lin first began her own rule, Wei Xiang had settled in Xiangling City after travelling from the Valley of Peace and had setup a school near the Sky-Reflecting Mirror he called "the School of Virtuous Power" to spread kung fu outside the Valley of Peace. Despite having trained under Grand Master Oogway, many citizens refused to take part; the wealthy citizens having said that they would have no use, and the poor citizens lacking in determination and will. All of this changed, however, when Zhu Miao was adopted by Wei Xiang and was then adopted. Together, the two encouraged people to try kung fu, and were successful, gaining several students quickly through their combined efforts. Feng Lin, however, advised against the art, stating that people would attempt to use it for criminal purposes. 
Sure enough, people did, and many of the poorer citizens attempted to use kung fu to try to usurp the upper class, leading to a massive spike in the city's crime rate that the city is still suffering from to this day. This backfired, and started the lengthy discrimination within the city. Around this time, Wei Xiang grew paranoid and worried that several new masters who had come to and from Xiangling City planned to sabotage him, and so he made his own "Furious Five" and sent them to assassinate the other masters within the city. These assassinations happened for several years until Xin Miao rebelled against Wei Xiang, killing him before fleeing into the city and becoming a professional assassin and Xiangling City's most wanted criminal. After this, Feng Lin banned kung fu within the city, but despite this, many masters run illegal schools, and many families of people who practiced under or otherwise knew Wei Xiang practice kung fu in the shadows of the city.
== Trivia ==
* While initially inspired by Juniper City, Xiangling City was later decided to incorporate both Juniper and Gongmen City add more uniqueness to the city. It was also partially inspired by the Forbidden City.
* The name of the city translates to "resounding jade," and this name was chosen initially because sounded like an actual city in China, but, was later given broader meaning and the jade in its name was turned into a symbol.
*Xiangling City was not named after Xiangling, Shanxi, and the two hold no relation.
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