# Jinggang Town

Jinggang (simplified Chinese: 靖港镇; traditional Chinese: 靖港鎮; pinyin: Jìnggǎng zhèn) is a town in Wangcheng district, Changsha, Hunan province, China. The town is located on the west bank of Xiang River, and bordered by Qiaokou to the north, Zhuliangqiao and Shuangjiangkou of Ningxiang to the west, Gaotangling to the south, Tongguan across the Xiang river to the east. It covers 92.47 km$^2$ (35.70 sq mi) with a population of 67,300. The Jinggang town was formed by the former Jinggang and Getang towns on November 19, 2015. According to the result of 2016 adjustment programmes on village-level divisions (村级区划调整), the town has two residential communities and 10 villages under its jurisdiction; the administrative office is at Nongxi village (农溪村).

## History

Jinggang, also known as "Weigang" (沩港), is located at the northwest of Wangcheng District and was named so due to the general of Tang dynasty (618–907) Li Jing's (571–649) stationing here. Jinggang was firstly mentioned in National Chorography (一统志; Yī Tǒng Zhì), which read: "Tang dynasty Li Jing fought against Xiao Xian stationing troops here." In the Xianfeng period (1850–1861) of Qing dynasty (1644–1911), the Xiang Army led by Zeng Guofan (1811–1872) fought against the Taiping Army here. According to the Changsha County Annals (长沙县志), the book described Jinggang as "Tang dynasty Li Jing station troops here, the army doesn't commit the slightest offence against the civilians, the local people are very nostalgic for him and named the place after him." From the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368–1911) to the Republican period (1912–1949), Jinggang was the well-known rice market in Hunan and distribution port of Huai salt. It was one of the four rice market in Hunan and known as "Little Hankou". By the end of 19th century, Jianggang had been over 90 rice shops, five money exchange shops, and numerous handicraft workshops and scissor-cut, woodworking, manual scale, iron forging, paper umbrella, manufacturing and other handicraft industries gave full play to their respective strong point. Nearly all families on Granite Street were shops, the permanent resident population reached 40,000 and transient population exceeded 10,000. In 2008, Jinggang was rated as one of the 4th batch of "Historic and Cultural Towns in China".

## Subdivision

On March 23, 2016, the village-level divisions of Jinggang were adjusted from 16 to 12. There 10 villages and two residential community in the town.
Administrative divisions of Jinggang town in 2016 :
| amount of divisions: two residential community and eight villages ||||
| villages and residential communities | villages and residential communities | villages and residential communities | villages and residential communities |
| English name | Chinese name | English name | Chinese name |
| Lujiang residential community | 芦江社区 | Zhongxing residential community | 众兴社区 |
| Yangjiashan village | 杨家山村 | Sanqiao village | 三桥村 |
| Shihao village | 石毫村 | Fusheng village | 复胜村 |
| Futang village | 福塘村 | Qianbang village | 前榜村 |
| Xinfeng village | 新峰村 | Boye village | 柏叶村 |
| Lingchong village | 凌冲村 | Getang village | 格塘村 |

## Attractions

Jianggang is home to Yangsi Tower (杨泗塔), Guanyin Temple (观音庙) and Ziyun Palace (紫云宫). Guanyin Temple is a Buddhist temple and Ziyun Palace is a Taoist temple in the town. Underground CPC Hunan Provincial Committee Office Site (地下湖南省委办公遗址), Former Residence of Liu Chouxi (刘畴西故居), Former Residence of Tao Cheng (陶承故居) are also famous scenic spots.