Leiyang
| Leiyang 耒阳市 | |
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| County-level city | |
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  Leiyang Location in Hunan | |
| Coordinates: 26°24′36″N 112°55′44″E / 26.410°N 112.929°ECoordinates: 26°24′36″N 112°55′44″E / 26.410°N 112.929°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hunan |
| Prefecture-level city | Hengyang |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,656 km2 (1,025 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,300,000 |
| • Density | 490/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Website |
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Leiyang (simplified Chinese: 耒阳; traditional Chinese: 耒陽; pinyin: Lěiyáng) is a county-level city in Hengyang, Hunan province. It is located in the southeast of Hengyang City and borders the prefecture-level city of Chenzhou to the south and east. It has over 1.3 million inhabitants. Cai Lun, the traditionally credited inventor of paper, was born and lived there. A Cai Lun invention square shows respect for Cai Lun.
History
Leiyang history dates to the Qin dynasty (221 to 206 BC).
According to the historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Pang Tong (庞统; 龐統) was chosen as magistrate of Leiyang by Liu Bei (刘备; 劉備). After three years he had failed to fulfill the duties of his office. Many were upset by his failure and appealed to Liu Bei. Liu Bei sent Zhang Fei (张飞; 張飛), his sworn brother, to Leiyang to investigate. Before Zhang Fei arrived, Pang Tong, who knew that Zhang Fei loved wine, ordered that all wine must be diluted with water. Once Zhang Fei arrived, true to his reputation, he consumed copious amounts of wine, but wondered why he never became drunk. He realized what was going on and became very angry with Pang Tong. In order to appease Zhang Fei, Pang Tong agreed to finish the three years worth of backlogged cases within three days, which he did. For this, Pang Tong was promoted by Liu Bei and to honor the occasion, a special wine was created, now known as Zhang Fei Wine.
In 1928, according to the biography of Mao Zedong by Jung Chang and John Halliday, Leiyang, along with neighboring Chenzhou was razed by troops under the command of Zhu De, who was following directives which originated in Moscow and passed on by higher officials of the Chinese Communist Party. The strategy was to leave large numbers of peasants with no option but to join communist uprisings.
People surnamed Chen(Chinese:陈）migrated from Zhenbian.
Language
Leiyangers speak a dialect resembling Jiangxi dialect.
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 later annexed by Mashui. Mashui brought Pingtian under its fold.
Economy
Leiyang is a center of paper production. Other raw materials produced in the area today include kaolin, white marble, and "heavy calcium carbonate". website:http://www.leiyang.gov.cn/main/zoujinleiyang/mingyoutes/index.shtml
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