 The remains of Yuanqu, its chief city and seat of government, are now located near Longwangmiao Village (t s "Lóngwángmiào Cūn") in Malinggang (t s "Mǎlǐnggǎng Zhèn"), southwest of the central core of Mudan and northwest of present-day Caoxian.The territory of Yuanqu County had been a center of Chinese civilization since at least the Shang, who had their capital Bo in nearby Cao County.Sima Qian records that, under the Han, there was even a legend that the Yellow Emperor had obtained a valuable sacrificial tripod at Yuanqu.