Historically, the Huarong River and the Tiaoxian River experienced the same fate, being blocked and opened repeatedly. Before the Tang and Song Dynasties, the mighty water from the Jingjiang River entered the Dongting Lake through the Tiaoxian River, which not only alleviated the flooding, but also brought the benefits of shipping and irrigation to the people on both sides of the strait. During the Southern Song Dynasty, Emperor Ningzong of the Song Dynasty Zhao Kuo, who was living in a corner, wanted to use the power of the south of the Yangtze River to resist the Jin soldiers from the Central Plains. He ordered the lake to be built in the land of Jingchu, and the civilian fields in the lake area were returned to the government. In order to prevent flooding, the Tiao Xian acupoint was ordered to be blocked. Unexpectedly, a few years later, the blocked Tiaoxian River and Huarong River not only failed to bring happiness and peace to the people, but due to the sluggish flow of the Yangtze River, the rivers broke down their dams and swept through the villages. The original residential buildings that had been built so hard were destroyed. once. In the first year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, the entrance to Tiaoxian Cave was completely blocked by sediment, and the embankments on both sides were riddled with holes. During the Longqing period of the Ming Dynasty, the government summoned the people to dredge the Tiaoxian River and Huarong River again. Due to the smooth flow of water, the river has been flowing smoothly for many years, and people on both sides of the strait have been free from floods. Before the tenth year of Xianfeng (1860), the Huarong River passed from the county seat through Huazifen and the mouth of the county river, and entered Dongting Lake at Jiujinma. After the Ouchi burst in 1852, the old route of the Huarong River was taken over by the Ouchi River, forcing it to flow eastward and change its course.

In 1958, due to the needs of the situation at that time, the people's governments of Hunan and Hubei provinces built Qianlianghu Farm and ordered the Tiaoxian River to be blocked (the mouth was blocked and a gate was built). In the winter of that year, while Hunan was building a sluice at the mouth of the Tiaoxian River, they also built a 6-hole drainage gate with the same structure and a total width of 18 meters at the lower outlet of the Flagpole Tsui. Because it has 6 gates, it is called Liumen Gate (now part of Junshan District, Yueyang City) enters East Dongting Lake. By the winter of 1959, the Tiaoxian River and Huarong River had actually become inland rivers that could be sealed off at both ends and became plain reservoirs. Since then, the water of the Yangtze River going south has been blocked by the Tiaoxiankou Gate, and the Huarong River has become an inland river. The river section has been severely silted up, and has almost lost its function of water diversion and storage. The scene of hundreds of rivalries competing for water in the past has gradually disappeared. Huarong, described as a typical water town with "Yangtze River water on your head and Dongting waves on your feet", is also gone forever.