Xiāngxiāng

Xiangxiang lies in central Hunan, in the basin of the Lian River, a tributary of the Xiang. Its name has a long administrative history: the place was associated with a marquisate in the Western Han and later became a county.

Xiangxiang was raised to a prefecture under the Yuan in 1295, then returned to county status during the transition to Ming rule. Under the Ming and Qing it belonged to Changsha Prefecture.