Lěngshuǐtān

On the Xiang River north of Lingling, Lengshuitan grew from an old riverside market. Around the transition from the Ming to the Qing it was known as Lengshui market, a place distinct from the prefectural town upstream. The site of the older Xiaoxiang town also lay beside the river at the old landing. This reach of the Xiang belonged historically to Lingling County, whose territory encompassed the land around both settlements.