Beizhen

Beizhen is a city in west-central Liaoning province of Northeast China. It is under the administration of Jinzhou City. Jin Dynasty set Guangning County in nowadays Beizhen. In Ming Dynasty, the town of Guangning became a base of the Ming troops in Liaotung and a prosperous border trading centre. In 1913, the name was changed to Beizhen, which is an alternative name of the Yiwulü Mountain, literally meaning "the guarding mountain of the North". In 1995, Beizhen County became Beining City, the name of which is later changed to the current name.