The origin of the name of Guanzhuang township

The name of Guanzhuang began in the early Ming Dynasty. Legend has it that at the end of Yuan Dynasty, Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang fought a decisive battle, and a village was bloodbath in the territory. Immigrants from Jiangxi, Guangdong and Fujian came here in the early Ming Dynasty. Seeing the tragic situation of burning everything, they called it "Guangzhuang" and later renamed it "Guanzhuang". The town got its name from this. 1950 belongs to eleven districts, 1955 is guanzhuang district, 1956 is guanzhuang township, 1958 is Taohua commune, 19 1 is guanzhuang district,1.

Guanzhuang Reservoir, built in 1958, is the largest reservoir in eastern Hunan, 70km away from Changsha, 45km away from Pingxiang and 2 km away from Shangrui Expressway12, with convenient transportation. It has gradually become an important tourist and leisure place for urban residents such as Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan, Liuyang and Pingxiang. Guanzhuang Reservoir has a water storage capacity of 65.438+0069 billion cubic meters, with excellent water quality, vast waters, vast land and sparsely populated areas, beautiful mountains and clear waters, winding paths, fresh air and pleasant climate. Known as the "virgin back garden" of Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan, Guanzhuang has eight scenic spots-autumn moon in the river, smoke from the furnace Buddha, high tide in the stream, deep valley listening to waves and misty rain in Longchi.