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China: Decorated iron ruler from Mancheng Tomb 1, 2nd century BCE, Hebei Provincial Museum, Shijiazhuang

China: Decorated iron ruler from Mancheng Tomb 1, 2nd century BCE, Hebei Provincial Museum, Shijiazhuang

Mancheng County (Mànchéng Xiàn) is a county of west-central Hebei province, China, in the eastern foothills of the Taihang Mountains. It is administratively part of Baoding prefecture-level city, of which the Mancheng is a northwestern suburb.

Mancheng is the site of the Han dynasty tombs of king/prince Liu Sheng and his wife Dou Wan.

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