Qian Zhongshu
Lantian was reorganized as a subdistrict from "Lantian Town" () in 1987. It is an ancient town with a history of more than 600 years. It is also the place, where the famous Chinese satiric novel Fortress Besieged was written by Qian Zhongshu served as a teacher of "National Teacher' College" (the current Hunan Normal University) in Lantan in 1940s.