Yuanqu County (Shandong)

Yuanqu
Traditional Chinese冤句
Simplified Chinese冤句
Literal meaningBending-&-Curving County
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYuānqú xiàn
Wade–GilesYüan-ch‘ü Hsien
Old Chinese
Zhengzhang/qon-ko/
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese冤朐
Simplified Chinese冤朐
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYuānqú xiàn
Wade–GilesYüan-ch‘ü Hsien
Old Chinese
Zhengzhang/qon-go/
Other names
Wanqu
Traditional Chinese宛朐
Simplified Chinese宛朐
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWǎnqú xiàn
Wade–GilesWan-ch‘ü Hsien
Old Chinese
Zhengzhang/qon-go/
Second alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese宛句
Simplified Chinese宛句
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWǎnqú xiàn
Wade–GilesWan-ch‘ü Hsien
Old Chinese
Zhengzhang/qon-ko/
Jiping
Traditional Chinese濟平
Simplified Chinese济平
Literal meaningPeaceful Ji Commune
Pacified Ji Commune
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJìpíng tíng
Wade–GilesChi-p‘ing T‘ing
Wanting
Traditional Chinese宛亭
Simplified Chinese宛亭
Literal meaningBending-&-Straight County
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWǎntíng xiàn
Wade–GilesWan-t‘ing Hsien

Yuanqu or Wanqu County, known as Wanting County after 1086, was a former county of imperial China covering most of present-day Dongming County and the western part of Mudan District in the Heze Prefecture of southwestern Shandong. Yuanqu or Wanqu was also the name of its eponymous county seat. The town was destroyed by a flood of the Yellow River in 1168, and its territory merged with Jiyin County. The ruins of the county seat were rediscovered at Longwangmiao Village in southwestern Mudan District in June 2007 by a team of archaeologists from the district government.