Faxiangyan
# Faxiangyan

Faxiangyan (Chinese: 法相岩街道; pinyin: Fǎxiàngyán Jiēdào) is a subdistrict of Wugang City in Hunan, China. It was one of four subdistricts approved to establish in 1994 and officially created in 2011. The subdistrict has an area of 58 $km^2$ (22 sq mi) with a population of 55,000 (as of 2015). The subdistrict of Shuiximen has 14 villages and 3 communities under its jurisdiction. Its seat is Nanta Village (Chinese: 南塔村).

## History

The subdistrict of Shuiximen was approved to establish from a part of the former Chengguan Town (Chinese: 城关镇) and three villages of Nanta, Xinlong and Dongshan of the former Faxiangyan Township (Chinese: 法相岩乡) in 1994. state owned Wugang Forest Farm (Chinese: 国有武冈林场) was incorporated to the subdistrict. It was officially established on May 18, 2011, on September 29 of the same year, the government of Wugang City confirmed that the subdistrict had 3 communities and 6 villages under its jurisdiction with an area of 9.586 $km^2$ (3.701 sq mi). On December 2, 2015, the township of Anle (Chinese: 安乐乡) was merged to it, the subdistrict had 23 villages and 3 communities with an area of 58 $km^2$ (22 sq mi). through the amalgamation of village-level divisions in 2016, the subdistrict has 14 villages and 3 communities under its jurisdiction.

### Amalgamation of villages in 2016

Amalgamation of villages in 2016 in 2016 :

| villages | villages | former villages | former villages |
| - | - | - | - |
| English | Chinese | English | Chinese |
| Chang'an Village | 长安村 | Anle Village | 安乐村 |
| Chang'an Village | 长安村 | Changchong Village | 长冲村 |
| Dejiang Village | 德江村 | Dejiang Village | 德江村 |
| Dejiang Village | 德江村 | Dongzhuang Village | 东庄村 |
| Hongxing Village | 红星村 | Shuangzhen Village | 双圳村 |
| Hongxing Village | 红星村 | Hongxing Village | 红星村 |
| Qingshuiting Village | 清水亭村 | Qingshuiting Village | 清水亭村 |
| Qingshuiting Village | 清水亭村 | Wugui Village | 五桂村 |
| Shuangtian Village | 双田村 | Tianzhuang Village | 田庄村 |
| Shuangtian Village | 双田村 | Shuangshiqiao Village | 双石桥村 |
| Xinglong Village | 兴隆村 | Xinglong Village | 兴隆村 |
| Xinglong Village | 兴隆村 | Dongshan Village | 东山村 |
| Yulong Community | 玉龙社区 | Yulong Community | 玉龙社区 |
| Yulong Community | 玉龙社区 | Yulong Village | 玉龙村 |
| Yulong Community | 玉龙社区 | Changjieling Village | 长界岭村 |
| Zidian Village | 紫甸村 | Zidian Village | 紫甸村 |
| Zidian Village | 紫甸村 | Tangfu Village | 塘富村 |

## Subdivisions

Through the amalgamation of villages in 2016, the number of villages was reduced to 14 from 23, the subdistrict of Shuiximen has 3 communities and 14 villages under its jurisdiction.

### 14 villages

* Chang'an Village (Chinese: 长安村)
* Chunguang Village (Chinese: 春光村)
* Dejiang Village (Chinese: 德江村)
* Dongting Village (Chinese: 洞庭村)
* Dushan Village (Chinese: 独山村)
* Gaoqiao Village (Chinese: 高桥村)
* Hongxing Village (Chinese: 红星村)
* Nanta Village (Chinese: 南塔村)
* Qingshuiting Village (Chinese: 清水亭村)
* Shuangtian Village (Chinese: 双田村)
* Xinglong Village (Chinese: 兴隆村)
* Xinze Village (Chinese: 新泽村)
* Zhengjiaping Village (Chinese: 郑家坪村)
* Zitian Village (Chinese: 紫田村)

### 3 communities

* Faxiangyan Community (Chinese: 法相岩社区)
* Tiyun Community (Chinese: 梯云社区)
* Yulong Community (Chinese: 玉龙社区)

## Subdivisions in 2015

In 2015, Anle Township(Chinese: 安乐乡) was merged to the subdistrict of Faxiangyan, the new subdistrict of Shuiximen had 23 villages and 3 communities under it jurisdiction, of which, 3 communities and 6 villages from the former Shuiximen Subdistrict and 17 villages from the former Anle Township.

### 6 villages and 3 communities of the former Faxiangyan Subdistrict

* FaxiangyanCommunity (Chinese: 法相岩社区)
* TiyunCommunity (Chinese: 梯云社区)
* YulongCommunity (Chinese: 玉龙社区)
* ChangjielingVillage (Chinese: 长界岭村)
* DaongshanVillage (Chinese: 东山村)
* DongtingVillage (Chinese: 洞庭村)
* NantaVillage (Chinese: 南塔村)
* XinglongVillage (Chinese: 兴隆村)
* YulongVillage (Chinese: 玉龙村)

### 17 villages of Anle Township (Chinese: 安乐乡)

* AnleVillage (Chinese: 安乐村)
* ChangchongVillage (Chinese: 长冲村)
* ChunguangVillage (Chinese: 春光村)
* DeyunVillage (Chinese: 德江村)
* DongzhuangVillage (Chinese: 东庄村)
* DushanVillage (Chinese: 独山村)
* GaoqiaoVillage (Chinese: 高桥村)
* HongxingVillage (Chinese: 红星村)
* ShuangshiqiaoVillage (Chinese: 双石桥村)
* ShuangyongVillage (Chinese: 双圳村)
* TangfuVillage (Chinese: 塘富村)
* TianzhuangVillage (Chinese: 田庄村)
* WuguiVillage (Chinese: 五桂村)
* XiaoshuitingVillage (Chinese: 清水亭村)
* XinzeVillage (Chinese: 新泽村)
* ZhengjiapingVillage (Chinese: 郑家坪村)
* ZitianVillage (Chinese: 紫田村)
