This camp was built by a rich man, some members of whose household had leprosy. Around 1900, they accepted Christianity and built a small Church; at that time there were 30 in the camp and 30 relations living round the hills nearby.
Source: Dr F M Cooper, ‘Loyuan’, in James L Maxwell, “Ridding China of Leprosy” The China Medical Journal 44 (1930): 787.