Ying Prefecture (Hebei)
# Ying Prefecture (Hebei)

Yingzhou or Ying Prefecture was a zhou (prefecture) in imperial China in modern Hebei, China, seated in modern Hejian. It existed (intermittently) from 487 until 1108.

It was one of the Sixteen Prefectures ceded by Later Jin to the Liao dynasty, however, just 2 decades later it was seized by Later Zhou during the Liao–Later Zhou War.

The modern town Yingzhou, Hebei in Hejian retains its name.

## Counties

Ying Prefecture administered the following counties (縣) through history:

| # | Northern and Southern dynasties | Sui dynasty | Tang dynasty | Five Dynasties periodSong dynasty | Modern location |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Wuyuan (武垣) | Wuyuan (武垣) | Wuyuan (武垣) | — | Hejian |
| 2 | — | Hejian (河間) | Hejian (河間) | Hejian (河間) | | Hejian |
| 3 | — | Shucheng (束城) | Shucheng (束城) | Shucheng (束城) | | Hejian |
| 4 | Chengping (成平) | Jingcheng (景城) | Jingcheng (景城) | Jingcheng (景城) | Cang County (western part) |
| 5 | Lecheng (樂城) | Guangcheng (廣城), 598–601Leshou (樂壽), after 601 | Leshou | Leshou | Xian County |

Two other counties were administered by Ying Prefecture before the Five Dynasties period:

* Gaoyang (高陽), roughly modern Gaoyang County. In the Song dynasty it was made into a military prefecture called Shun'an Prefecture.
* Pingshu (平舒), roughly modern Dacheng County. After Later Zhou it was renamed Dacheng (大城) and administered by Bà Prefecture.
