Yiyang (simplified Chinese: 益阳; traditional Chinese: 益陽; pinyin: Yìyáng) is a prefecture-level city on the Zi River in Hunan province, China, straddling Lake Dongting and bordering Hubei to the north.

[3] Yiyang county was founded in 221 BC after Qin conquest Chu state.

Then the present-day jurisdiction mostly became a part of the Principality of Changsha commandery during the Western Han.

Yiyang Dialect retains many ancient words and pronunciations and is influenced surprisingly little by Mandarin Chinese.

Historically, Buddhism and Taoism both played very important roles in the life of Yiyang people.