Ningxiang City belongs to Changsha City, Hunan Province.

Ningxiang City is located in the southern edge of Dongting Lake in the north-east of Hunan Province and in the west of Changsha City. It borders Wangcheng District to the east, Yuhu District of Xiangtan City, Xiangtan County, Shaoshan City and Xiangxiang City to the south, and Loudi to the west. It borders Lianyuan City and Anhua County of Yiyang City, and is adjacent to Heshan District and Taojiang County of Yiyang City in the north.

Ningxiang City has a long history, beautiful scenery, superior location, and rich products. It is also an important commercial grain production base and agricultural product logistics base in the country.

In the Three Kingdoms period, Xinyang County was established, and Ningxiang began to establish counties and counties from then on; in the first year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, Ningxiang County was established with the intention of "peaceful countryside"; in the second year of Taiping and Xingguo's reign in the Song Dynasty, a county was established and attached to Tanzhou Changsha County; Ningxiang once belonged to Yiyang and Xiangtan regions; it was placed under the jurisdiction of Changsha City in 1983; in December 2017, Ningxiang was officially removed from the county and established as a city.

Specialties of Ningxiang City:

1. Ningxiang Gardenia: The fruit is plump and ribbed, with thin skin, red-yellow or brownish-red surface, with remaining sepals at the top, and a slightly pointed base with a The remaining fruit stems have a slight odor and a slightly sour and bitter taste.

2. Weishan Leicha: Weishan is at the junction of Taojiang and Anhua. The mountains here are high and the roads are steep. There is heavy fog and heavy humidity all year round. In order to cope with this kind of weather, people have been having the habit of eating Leicha for many years. Leicha has a long history.

3. Ningxiang Four Small Dishes: Ningxiang’s traditional snacks: sword bean curd, amomum cake, plum fruit and ice ginger, which were popular in the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.

4. Bajiaoxi Tea: Bajiaoxi Village in Weishan Town is located in the western mountainous area of ??Ningxiang County, Hunan Province. Weishan has a long history of tea production. It was the origin of imperial tribute tea as early as the Tang and Song Dynasties, and Bajiaoxi Village is the birthplace of Weishan tea.