title: Faxiangyan
text: # 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)
  