Historically, "Huguang Town, Jiangxi" occurred in the Ming Dynasty.

Filling Huguang in Jiangxi refers to a large-scale immigration activity that occurred in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. Due to political and economic reasons, a large number of Jiangxi people moved into Huguang area (now Hunan and Hubei provinces). In order to consolidate the new regime and develop the economy after the Yuan Dynasty was destroyed in the Ming Dynasty, eight large-scale immigration activities were organized during the fifty years from the early years of Hongwu to the fifteenth year of Yongle, forming the famous "Jiangxi Lake Filling and Widening" movement.