Cha'ensi Town () is an urban town in and subdivision of

Xiangtan County Xiangtan County () is a county in Hunan Province, China; it is under the administration of Xiangtan City. Located on the east central Hunan, the county is bordered to the north by Yuhu, Yuetang Districts and Xiangtan City, to the west by Xian ...

Hunan Province Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi t ...

, People's Republic of China. It's surrounded by Huashi Town and Longkou Township on the west, Baishi Township Town on the north, Sanjiang Township on the east, and Changjiang Town on the south. it had a population of 43,205 and an area of .

Administrative division

The town is divided into 30 villages and 1 community, the following areas: Cha'ensi Community (), Shangfeng Village (), Wujia Village (), Huxiang Village (), Qingping Village (), Xiongshi Village (), Fantian Village (), Fuqiao Village (), Nongzi Village (), Shuangyang Village (), Zhangshuwan Village (), Huafang Village (), Shuangjiang Village (), Heyue Village (), Jinbaochong Village (), Chahua Village (), Longjing Village (), Jinping Village (), Shuangfeng Village (), Huilong Village (), Baitang Village (), Xiaohua Village (), Huaqian Village (), Tanghua Village (), Quanping Village (), Xingyue Village (), Dongshan Village (), Xiangheng Village (), Qianjia Village (), Yangxi Village (), and Fuxing Village ().

History

The town's name was come from a

Buddhism Buddhism ( , ), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (), is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. It originated in northern India as a -movement in the 5th century BCE, and gra ...

temple "Cha'en Temple" (), Cha'en Temple was built in

Ming Dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last ort ...

. In May 1952, Cha'en Township was built. In June 1956, it was renamed "Cha'ensi Township". In January 1994, Cha'ensi Town was built.

Economy

The region abounds with

granite Granite () is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies undergro ...

Bamboo Bamboos are a diverse group of evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family. The origin of the word "bamboo" is uncertain, bu ...

and Chinese chestnut important to the economy.

Culture

Huaguxi The flower-drum opera or Huaguxi () is a form of Chinese opera originating in Hunan province. Some other provinces, such as Hubei, Anhui, Henan, Shanxi, also have Huaguxi. It is known in China for its earthy quality, and is often referred to as t ...

is the most influence local theater.

References

External links

{{Hunan Xiangtan County divisions Divisions of Xiangtan County