Tongguan, Wangcheng
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Tongguan subdistrict 铜官街道 |
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| Subdistrict 街道 | |
| Country |
 China
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| Province | Hunan |
| Prefecture-level city | Changsha |
| district | Wangcheng |
| Area | |
| • Total | 90.3 km2 (34.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 50,000 |
| • Density | 550/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Website | http://tgz.wangcheng.gov.cn/ |
Tongguan (simplified Chinese: 铜官街道; traditional Chinese: 銅官街道; pinyin: tóngguān jiēdào) is a subdistrict of Wangcheng district, Changsha, China. It is located on the eastern bank of Xiang river, the subdistrict is bordered by Dingziwan subdistrict to the south, Qiaoyi and Chating towns to the east and north, Jinggang town and Gaotangling subdistrict across the Xiang river to the west. Tongguan has an area of 90.3 km2 (34.9 sq mi) with a population of 50 thousand, its administrative centre is at Huacheng village. the subdistrict has 5 residential communities and 9 villages under its jurisdiction.
Tongguan is a national famous tourism town with characteristic landscape published in 2015, also a small town with a particular character of Hunan; it was designated a famous historical and cultural town of Hunan province in 2007.
The Tongguan subdistrict was formed by merging the former Tongguan town (铜官镇), Shutangshan subdistrict (书堂山街道), Guoliang village (郭亮村) of Chating town and a portion of Shenjiaqiao residential community (慎家桥社区) of Dongcheng town on November 19, 2015; there were 10 villages and 5 residential communities in the subdistrict at that time. Tanzhou residential community was formed by merging Taifeng village (太丰村) and Hongjiazhou residential community (洪家洲社区) on March 23, 2016; the subdistrict has 9 villages and 5 residential communities in 2016.
Tongguan is an ancient town with a history of over 2,100 years. There was a bridge named Wuchu (吴楚桥) at Shigang (誓港), According to legend, the bridge was at the boundary point of Wu and Chu states in the Warring States period (476–221 BC). The unearthed earthenwares at Mawangdui proved that at latest Tongguan started to produce potteries in the western Han Periods (206 BC–9 AD). The archaeological excavation at Tongguan Kiln Site showed that, the technology of underglazed color figure was originated there in the Tang (618–907 AC) and Five Dynasties periods (907–960 AC). The production of underglaze wares was once prosperous at the later Tang period, and declined in the Five Dynasties periods in the place.
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