The ancient name of Changsha is also Changsha, also known as Tanzhou in ancient times. In 221 BC, with Changsha as the center, Changsha County was established in the range of north to the south of Hubei, south to Nanling, east to the northwest of Jiangxi, and west to the Yuanshui River Basin. According to records, Changsha belonged to Sanmiao country in summer, and after Huaxia conquered Sanmiao, Changsha became the residence of Yangyue people, named sand, which means that the white sand on both sides of Xiangjiang River is like a belt, and with the ancient Yue language, it was named Changsha.

in the ninth year of Emperor Wendi's reign, there was Zhaotan in Changsha, and Tanzhou was changed to Tanzhou, and Tanzhou General Administration was established, and Linxiang County was changed to Changsha County, which was the beginning of Changsha County's name. When Emperor Yangdi abolished Tanzhou and reinstated Changsha County, Changsha County was taken as the county governance. Changsha's business is prosperous. Since ancient times, merchants have gathered and traded prosperously, and it became one of the four major rice markets in China in the late Qing Dynasty. A number of modern commodity facilities have been built one after another, and the volume, transaction volume and radiation area of commercial activities of the city have an important position in the whole province and even the whole country. Service industries such as catering, culture, tourism and real estate are unique.