Atlas of China
Xiantao 仙桃Xiāntáo
Water country of lakes and canals, and the home of steamed rice-coated dishes
About Xiantao
Xiantao, called Mianyang until 1986, is a county-level city of lakes, canals and rice fields between the Han River and the Yangtze, governed directly by the province. Its old name lives on in the Mianyang 'three steamed' dishes, meat, fish and vegetables coated in rice flour, a tradition said to go back to the army of the Yuan-dynasty rebel Chen Youliang. Mianyang Town, a new old-style town on Pai Lake, has craft workshops beside the water.
What to eat in Xiantao
- Mianyang three steamed dishes (沔阳三蒸)
Listed sites in Xiantao
2 sites in Xiantao are on the official lists. Those with a page of their own link to it; the rest open as cards on the map.
- Mengli Shuixiang Water-Town Park, Xiantao 梦里水乡 4A scenic area · on the map
A countryside tourism area beside the Zhaoxiyuan forest farm in Xiantao, laid out as a Jianghan water-village scene with a lotus-pond village (Hetang), wetland paths, painted boats and farm scenes such as ox carts. - Mianyang Town, Xiantao 沔阳小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A newly built old-style town on the shore of Pai Lake in Xiantao, with Jingchu-style houses laid out beside the water.
On the map
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