 Dividing parts of four counties of Xiangxiang, Anhua, Xinhua and Shaoyang, "Lianyuan County" was created in February 1952 and named after the place where it is located in the origin of the Lian River.The "county-level city of Loudi" (modern Louxing District) was formed by seven communes from "Lianyuan County" (the modern Lianyuan City) in January 1961.The "county of Lianyuan" was reorganized as the "city of Lianyuan" in 1987.