Xiánníng

Xianning lies in southern Hubei, in the wider country associated with Wuchang and the middle Yangtze. Its valleys and wooded hills formed part of a landscape of farming settlements and routes between neighbouring districts.

Yong'an town was established in 768 and raised to county status in 955; in 1007 the county was renamed Xianning. Under the Yuan it belonged to Wuchang Circuit, and in the Ming and Qing periods to Wuchang Prefecture.