Shaoshan

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Shaoshan (Shaoshan Chinese: 韶山; pinyin: Sháoshān) is an area in Xiangtan, Hunan Province. It is most popularly known as the birthplace of Mao Zedong, the founder of the People's Republic of China. During the Cultural Revolution, thousands of people visited this area each day, but the stream of tourists has died down. Still, train from Changsha leaves for the now over-sized Shaoshan railway station every morning, and buses travel between Changsha and Shaoshan regularly.

Shaoshan residents have capitalized on their most famous resident and Shaoshan is also the birthplace of Mao's Family Restaurant, a popular restaurant chain that has spread to many other cities.

Shaoshan City administers 2 towns (鎮) and 6 rural towns (鄉):

  • Qingxi (清溪鎮)
  • Yintian (銀田鎮)
  • Ruyi (如意鄉)
  • Shaoshan (韶山鄉)
  • Yanglin (楊林鄉)
  • Daping (大坪鄉)
  • Yintian (銀田鄉)
  • Yongyi (永義鄉)

The various names and administrative levels of Shaoshan:

  • 1652 (Qing Dynasty): Qidu (七都), Xiangtan District (縣)
  • 1912 (Republic of China): The Second District (第二區), Xi Township (西鄉), Xiangtan County
  • December 1932: The Ninth District, Xiangtan County
  • 1947: Qingtian Township, Xiangtan County
  • January 1950 (People's Republic of China): The Third District, Xiangtan County
  • 1951: The Fourth District, Xiangtan County
  • August 1, 1955: Yintian District, Xiangtan County
  • 1956: Yintian Town, Xiangtan County
  • September 1, 1958: Shaoshan People's Commune, Xiangtan County
  • May 12, 1961: Shaoshan District, Xiangtan County
  • December 1968: county-controlled district status upgraded to regional district (地級區), controlled directly by the province
  • December 1981: reverted to be county-controlled
  • December 1984: upgraded to county-class district (縣級區), controlled by Xiangtan City
  • December 26, 1990: Upgraded to county-class city, controlled by Xiangtan City on behalf of the province.

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