Weishan Township, Ningxiang

Weishan Township

沩山乡
Weishan Township 沩山乡
Township
	A commanding view of Miyin Temple and Weishan Township in October 2017.
	Weishan Township Location in Hunan
	Coordinates: 28°10′32″N 111°58′01″E / 28.17556°N 111.96694°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Hunan
Prefecture-level city	Changsha
County-level city	Ningxiang
Area
• Total	42.8 km2 (16.5 sq mi)
Population	14,000
Time zone	UTC+08:00 (China Standard)
Postal code	410627
Area code	0731
Website	www.nxcity.gov.cn/wsx/index.html
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	溈山鄉
Simplified Chinese	沩山乡
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Wéishān Xiāng

Weishan Township (Chinese: 沩山乡) is a rural township in Ningxiang City, Hunan Province, China. It's surrounded by Dafu Town and Songmutang Town on the northwest, Huangcai Town on the northeast, and Xiangzikou Town on the south. As of the 2000^[update] census it had a population of 14,532 and an area of 42.8 square kilometres (16.5 sq mi).

Administrative division

The township is divided into one community and four villages:

The Xiaolongtan Reservoir (小龙潭水库) is located in the township and discharges into the Wei River.^[1]

The local people grow industrial crops including tobacco, Tea, peach, Weishan Maojian [zh], tofu, fish, silicon and capsicum annuum, which are important to the local economy.^[1]

The region abounds with iron.^[1]

Huaguxi is the most influential form of local theater.

The Huangcai-Weishan Road runs east to west from Huangcai Town to Weishan Township.

The County Road X107 runs south to north from Xiangzikou Town to Weishan Township, intersecting the County Road X036 and Wu-Min Road.

Miyin Temple, was built in 813 on Wei Mountain by Weishan Lingyou, in the eighth year of the Yuanhe era of the Tang dynasty (618–907). It is a well known Buddhist temple associated with Weiyang school in China. The Wei Mountain is also a scenic spot in the township and has water sports such as fishing, boating, and rafting.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Huang Haichao; Jiang Hongzhao (2002-09-01). 《宁乡史地》 [History and Geography of Ningxiang] (in Chinese). Hainan: Nanfang Publishing House. ISBN 7-80660-538-X.