Yanglin Township () is a rural

township A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...

in Shaoshan City, Xiangtan City, Hunan Province, China. It borders Ruyi Town in the east, Baitian Township in the west, Shaoshan Township in the south, and

Ningxiang Ningxiang () is a county-level city and the 2nd most populous county-level division in the Province of Hunan, China; it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Changsha. The city is bordered to the north by Heshan District o ...

in the north. it had a population of 20,600 and an area of .

Administrative divisions

The township is divided into 13 villages: Shiping Village (), Chunhe Village (), Lianghe Village (), Xinxi Village (), Waping Village (), Lianyi Village (), Linye Village (), Yanglin Village (), Shanfu Village (), Moshi Village (), Baige Village (), Fengxing Village (), Yunyuan Village (), Tuantian Village (), and Shutang Village ().

Attractions

Bao'en Temple () is a

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temple in the town.

Celebrity

Peng Shaohui Peng Shaohui (; 6 September 1906 – 25 April 1978) was a general in the People's Liberation Army of China, who served two separate terms as deputy commander of the People's Liberation Army, from 1954 to 1967 and from 1969 to 1978. Peng was the o ...

, a general in the

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References

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{{Hunan Shaoshan divisions Divisions of Shaoshan Townships of Hunan