Donghai City, the largest city in Donghai Commandery and also its political and economic center.
This city stretches over a hundred li in circumference.
The outer walls are constructed from massive cyan stones, each over thirty zhang tall.
The endless outer walls form a ring, and their width exceeds ten zhang.
Seen from the sky, it looks like a giant ring-shaped hill.
The buildings inside the city are mainly brick and wood structures, featuring a plain and simple style.
The streets crisscross, dividing the city into one hundred thirty-nine well-organized wards and markets, making it orderly and regular.
At the northwest corner of Donghai City stands a towering mountain peak, over five thousand zhang high, majestic and imposing.
Buildings of various styles cling to the mountain, scattered everywhere.
This mountain’s strange peaks rise sharply, overseeing and dominating the whole city below, as if it were the sovereign ruler of Donghai City.
Today, the buildings on the mountain are festively decorated with red cloth and silk.
The whole mountain is draped in red ribbons and lanterns.
Inside the grand hall atop the peak, the noise of thousands mingling is extraordinarily lively.