Get to know Yiyang
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- Administrative area
- Prefecture-level city · 地级市
- Part of
- Hunan
- Chinese name
- 益阳市
- Local areas
- 6 local areas
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 12,144.00 km²
- Population · 2010 Census
- 4,313,084
- Administrative seat
- Heshan District
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
Culture, people and language
Huaguxi, the local Hunanese opera is very popular in Yiyang. The cuisine of Yiyang (a species of Xiang cuisine) is very famous for its spicy food made from pure chili peppers.
Yiyang has many famous people in the modern time of China. Ho Feng-Shan is very famous in the history of Chinese foreign affairs since he had saved many Jewish families in Europe and China when he worked as a diplomat for China during World War II. Libo Zhou is a well-known writer in China, who was born in Yiyang.
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Core places to explore, with English and Chinese names.
Anhua County 安化
Yiyang Museum 益阳市博物馆
Bailu Temple 白鹿寺
Nanzhou Wetland and Dongting Lake Birdwatching Area 南洲湿地与洞庭湖开放观鸟区
Yuntai Mountain 云台山
Anhua Tea Horse Road Scenic Area 茶马古道开放景区
Yiyang Ancient City Lanes 益阳古城街巷
Ziyang District 资阳区
Heshan District 赫山区
Nanxian 南县
Taojiang County 桃江县
Anhua County 安化县
Yuanjiang 沅江市
Places to explore around Yiyang
The platform at Yanxi Railway Station in Anhua County · 安化县烟溪站 Photograph date recorded by the source: 10 August 2019, 11:07:56.Anhua County安化
Anhua is a dark-tea region whose hills, river transport and old trading routes shaped the same industry. The tea-horse paths around Gaocheng show the overland side of a trade that also depended on boats, while living tea…
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Yiyang Museum · 益阳市博物馆Yiyang Museum益阳市博物馆
Yiyang Museum’s current building opened in the civic cultural centre in 2023. The regional-history exhibition is complemented by three distinctive subjects: excavated documents from the old city, Ho Feng-Shan’s visa work that…
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The mountain gate of Bailu (White Deer) Temple in Yiyang, Hunan · 湖南益阳白鹿寺山门 Source-recorded photograph date: 2020-04-08 14:17:46.Bailu Temple白鹿寺
Bailu Temple rises on White Deer Hill beside the Zi River in Yiyang. The name is linked to a legend of a white deer listening to Buddhist recitation, while the temple’s evening bell became a remembered city soundscape. The…
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Nanzhou Wetland and Dongting Lake Birdwatching Area · 南洲湿地与洞庭湖开放观鸟区Nanzhou Wetland and Dongting Lake Birdwatching Area南洲湿地与洞庭湖开放观鸟区
The wetland known in the catalogue as 南洲湿地 is the Hunan Nanzhou National Wetland Nature Park in the west of Nan County, Yiyang, a low-lying patchwork of rivers, canals, reservoir water, marsh and sandbars in the middle of the Dongting Lake basin. Birdwatching here depends on the season and on the conservation rules of the park rather than on a dedicated visitor facility.
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Yuntai Mountain · 云台山Yuntai Mountain云台山
Yuntaishan (云台山) is a karst mountain west of Malu town in Anhua County, Yiyang, Hunan, rising to 998.17 m above a summit that flattens into a basin of about nine square kilometres. It is the place of origin of Yuntaishan large-leaf tea and carries a national AAAA scenic-area designation.
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AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非该地点实拍）Anhua Tea Horse Road Scenic Area茶马古道开放景区
The Anhua Tea Horse Road scenic area (茶马古道) lies in the mountains of Anhua County, Yiyang, Hunan, on the northern foot of the Daxiongshan forest park. It is built around a surviving stretch of the bluestone packhorse road that carried Anhua dark tea out of the hills.
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Yiyang Ancient City Lanes · 益阳古城街巷Yiyang Ancient City Lanes益阳古城街巷
The old streets of Yiyang (益阳古城街巷) survive as the Ming and Qing lanes quarter in the Damatou area of Ziyang District, on the north bank of the Zi River. Three narrow walled lanes and several hundred houses remain from what was once the trading front of the river port.
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Yiyang local specialties
益阳市特色美食 · 10 specialties to discover
Lanxi beef offal 兰溪牛杂AI illustration · AI 示意图
The dish combines varying degrees of chew and softness, with a strong beef flavor and often a spicy finish.
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Yiyang Malatang Skewers 益阳麻辣烫Reference photo of a similar dish · 同类菜品参考照片
Yiyang Malatang Skewers (益阳麻辣烫) is the skewer form of malatang (麻辣烫, "numbing-spicy scald") eaten in Yiyang (益阳), Hunan: meat and vegetables threaded on bamboo sticks and cooked at the table in a pot of red chilli-oil broth.
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Nanxian Spicy Meat 南县麻辣肉AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Nanxian Spicy Meat (南县麻辣肉) includes both pork and beef versions. The Nan County (南县) culture and tourism bureau describes the Nanzhouwang (南洲王) maker’s pork slices as tender and springy, while its beef slices combine numbing heat with a slightly sweet finish.
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Anhua Pounded Tea 安化擂茶AI dish illustration / AI 菜品示意图 — not a restaurant photograph
Anhua's pounded tea combines roasted grains, peanuts, sesame and tea into a paste, loosened with boiling water and finished with toasted rice.
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Taojiang Pounded Tea 桃江擂茶AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Taojiang Pounded Tea (桃江擂茶) is a drink of tea leaves, peanuts and sesame ground to a paste in an earthenware bowl and topped up with water, made in Taojiang County (桃江县), Yiyang (益阳).
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Nanxian Rice-Paddy Crayfish 南县稻虾AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Nanxian Rice-Paddy Crayfish (南县稻虾) are raised in the rice fields of Nan County (南县).
Read the dish guide →Yuanjiang Stir-Fried Pork with Reed Shoots 沅江芦笋炒肉AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Yuanjiang Stir-Fried Pork with Reed Shoots (沅江芦笋炒肉) pairs pork with the young reed shoots that grow on the mudflats and wetlands of South Dongting Lake (南洞庭湖) around Yuanjiang (沅江), a city in Yiyang (益阳), Hunan.
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Datong Lake Hairy Crabs 大通湖大闸蟹AI illustration · AI 示意图（仅供参考，非实拍）
Datong Lake Hairy Crabs (大通湖大闸蟹) are a local speciality of Datonghu District (大通湖区) in Yiyang (益阳).
Read the dish guide →All dish names · 全部菜名 (10)
- Lanxi beef offal · 兰溪牛杂
- Yiyang Malatang Skewers · 益阳麻辣烫
- Nanxian Spicy Meat · 南县麻辣肉
- Anhua Pounded Tea · 安化擂茶
- Taojiang Pounded Tea · 桃江擂茶
- Nanxian Rice-Paddy Crayfish · 南县稻虾
- Yuanjiang Stir-Fried Pork with Reed Shoots · 沅江芦笋炒肉
- Datong Lake Hairy Crabs · 大通湖大闸蟹
- Anhua Smoked Cured Pork · 安化腊肉
- Yiyang Rice Noodles · 益阳米粉
More dishes from across Hunan are in the Hunan food guide.
Counties & districts in Yiyang
6 areas belong directly to Yiyang.
6 areas
Ziyang District 资阳区
Ziyang District (simplified Chinese: 资阳区; traditional Chinese: 資陽區; pinyin: Zīyáng Qū) is one of two districts in Yiyang City, Hunan Province, China.
Explore the area →DistrictHeshan District 赫山区
Heshan District (simplified Chinese: 赫山区; traditional Chinese: 赫山區; pinyin: Hèshān Qū) is one of two districts in Yiyang City, Hunan Province, China. It is also the most populous district in the province.
Explore the area →CountyNanxian 南县
Nan County, or Nanxian (simplified Chinese: 南县; traditional Chinese: 南縣; pinyin: Nán Xiàn; lit. 'south county') is a county in the Province of Hunan, China.
Explore the area →CountyTaojiang County 桃江县
Taojiang County (simplified Chinese: 桃江县; traditional Chinese: 桃江縣; pinyin: Táojiāng Xiàn) is a county in the Province of Hunan, China. It is under the administration of Yiyang Prefecture-level City.
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Anhua County 安化县
Anhua County (simplified Chinese: 安化县; traditional Chinese: 安化縣; pinyin: Ānhuà Xiàn) is a county in the Province of Hunan, China. It is under the administration of Yiyang Prefecture-level City.
Explore the area →County-level cityYuanjiang 沅江市
Yuanjiang is a county-level city in the Province of Hunan, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yiyang.
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Plan your visit
Getting there
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Where to stay →Build your route
Anhua County and Yiyang Museum are about 100 km apart in a straight line. The linked place guides have entrance and visit details.
Continue with Hunan →More in Hunan
Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
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