Zhangliang Town is named after Zhang Liang once stationed troops here. Zhangliang Town retains many of Zhang Liang’s historical and cultural heritage. Zhangliang Town is also the place where the names of the three heroes of the early Han Dynasty appeared at the same time.
According to the Lushan Window website, Zhangliang Town is an organized town in Lushan County, Henan Province. It was named after the Western Han Dynasty military strategist Zhang Liang once stationed troops here. Zhangliang Town is the only town in the country named after the Prime Minister. It is older and has a longer history than Zhuge Village, Wuzhen, Jingdezhen and other famous ancient towns in China. Zhangliang Town was not originally called Zhangliang Town. It was originally called Zhangliangdian. Later it was renamed Liuhou Town and then Zhangliang Town. At first, the population was small and depressed, but it gradually developed after the Han Dynasty. It became a commercial port in the Ming Dynasty. It became famous in Henan, Anhui, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Hebei, and Hubei in the Qing Dynasty. It was listed as a famous town by the provincial government during the Republic of China. The market became more prosperous after the founding of New China. In 1992, it was named a famous town in Zhongzhou by the Henan Provincial Department of Construction. The names of the villages around Zhangliang Town are also distributed according to the layout of Liuhou's camp. The four villages of Zhangliang East, West, South, and North where Zhangliang Town is located were originally collectively called Zhangliang Street, which should be Zhang Liang’s camp at that time; while Liu Bang’s camp was stationed south of Dongying, which was called Wangying Village; Wangying Village There is Fanzhuang Village to the west of Yingcun and to the south of Zhang Liang. It is said that Fan Kuai, a close confidant of Liu Bang, was stationed. Later generations rumored that "Fan" was named after "Fan", but this theory has not been verified; about 6 miles northeast of Wangying is Jiying, which is Liu Bang's general Ji Xin's camp; a few miles northeast of Ji's camp is Hanxinjie Village, which is Hanxin's camp; while Xiao He is stationed a few miles north of Wangying, connected with Zhang Liang's camp and Hanxin's camp to the southwest - The northeastern line is now called Xiaohe Village. Zhangliang Town, Xiaohe Village and Hanxin Village coexist in Lushan. The names of the three heroes of the early Han Dynasty appear in the same place at the same time, which is rare in the country. There are also many historical and cultural relics related to Zhang Liang in Zhangliang Town, such as Zhang Liangjiang, Seven-Star Formation, Liu Bang's Patrol Monument, Chu Great Wall Site, Taoist Cultural Site Zhangdou Mountain, Buddhist Cultural Site Yuncheng Temple, and Song Dynasty Cliff Carvings Sites, ancient temples, ancient and valuable trees, etc. Zhangliang Town is also the hometown of Tian Hongqi, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering who came out of Lushan. To sum up, the relationship between Zhangliang Town and Zhang Liang is because Zhang Liang once stationed troops here. Zhangliang Town retains many historical and cultural heritage of Zhang Liang. Zhangliang Town is also the place where the names of the three heroes of the early Han Dynasty appeared at the same time. .