In the 10th year of Jiajing (153 1), the government of mian yang sent officials here to take charge of shipping affairs. In the forty-third year of Jiajing (1564), troops were stationed to prevent bandits. Since then, merchants have gathered and become increasingly prosperous. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Li Zicheng Rebel Army approached Mianyang, and the government increased its troops to defend it, named it "Fairy Town Whistle", and then set up an administrative agency here, named it "Fairy Town Department", forming a unified township. Later, it was named "Xiantao Town" and has been inherited ever since. 1952, Biyang County moved to Xiantao Town. 1986 withdraw from the county to build the city, which is named after the county place name.

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The only gymnastics town in China.

Xiantao has a long history and talented people come forth in large numbers. It is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese in China, the first county in the national college entrance examination, and the only hometown of gymnastics in China. In 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Xiantao City created the world sports myth of "one town, two champions, three gold medals and four medals". Xiantao is the only gymnastics town in China. It has gone out of five world champions, including Li, Li Dashuang, Yang Wei, Zheng and Liao Hui, and won seven Olympic gold medals and six Olympic silver medals for four consecutive Olympic Games. In February, 2000, the National Gymnastics Training Management Center awarded Xiantao two "gold-lettered signboards", namely "the hometown of gymnastics in China" and "the cradle of world champions".

Excellent geographical location and traffic conditions.

Xiantao, close to Wuhan, a megacity in central China, has a unique geographical advantage, connecting north and south, and connecting east and west. Rivers and canals crisscross the territory, and highways extend in all directions. It is only 1 hour drive from Wuhan Tianhe International Airport, Hankou Railway Station and Yangtze River Wuhan Port. The Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway running through the north and south of China and the Shanghai-Chengdu Expressway running through the east and west meet near Xiantao. The megacities from Xiantao to Guangzhou in the south, Beijing in the north, Shanghai in the east and Chengdu in the west are all within the radius of 1 0,000 km.

Abundant agricultural and sideline products resources

Xiantao has 1.6 million mu of cultivated land, with deep soil layer and fertile soil. It is a famous land of plenty and an important production base of grain, cotton, oil, fish, pigs and eggs in China. The city's grain area is 6,543,800 mu, cotton area is 400,000 mu, rape area is 6,543,800 mu, vegetables area is 600,000 mu, aquatic products area is 560,000 mu, and the planting area and output of fresh water products rank second in the country. Every year, more than 10,000 pigs, 80 million poultry and 500,000 tons of eggs are slaughtered. The production and processing prospects of agricultural and sideline products are very broad.

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Baidu encyclopedia-Xiantao