Leiyang

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Coordinates: 26°24′N 112°52′E / 26.4, 112.867
Leiyang
— County-level city —
Chinese transliteration(s)
- Chinese	耒阳
- Pinyin	Léiyáng
Leiyang Location in China
Country	China
Province	Hunan
Prefecture	Hengyang
Area
- Total	2,656 km² (1,025.5 sq mi)
Population
- Total	1,300,000
- Density	489.5/km² (1,267.7/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Website: http://www.leiyang.gov.cn

Leiyang (Chinese: 耒阳) is a county-level city in Hengyang, Hunan in China. It has over 1.3 million inhabitants. Cai Lun, inventor of paper, was born and lived in Leiyang. Now, there is a Cai Lun invention square established in Leiyang to show a respect for Cai Lun.

1 History
2 Language
3 Geography
4 External links

[edit] History

Leiyang enjoys long history dated back to Qin dynasty.

[edit] Language

Leiyangers speak a dialect resembling Jiangxi dialect.

[edit] Geography

Mashui (Chinese:马水）village is located in northeast Leiyang neighboring Anren(Chinese: 安仁）& Hengnan(Chinese: 衡南)

Pingtian (Chinese:坪田）township was annexed by Mashui a few years ago. Mashui brought Pingtian under its fold.

Production brigade is a thing of the past and a rural farming mode during years before agrarian reform adopted by Deng Xiaoping. Pingtian Production brigade where now there is a Chenjia Wan(Chinese: 陈家湾), people there inherited hardworking traits from ancestor. As China opens up to outside world, young people go to neighboring Guangdong province to seek fortune, meanwhile, bring lots of new ideas that inpacts old traditions. Nevertheless, Senior farmers in Chenjia Wan, never give way to the new unfavorable lifestyle; No gambling, No smoking, it remains a Xanadu.