Longyan History
Longyan history dates back since long ago, in the age of Emperor Kaiyuan of Tang Dynasty (736 A.D.), a place called Ting Zhou was established. During Yuan Dynasty (1278 A.D.), Ting Zhou was promoted to Lu, and later in the 1st year of Emperor Hongwu of Ming Dynasty (1368 A.D.), it changed into Tingzhou Fu (“Fu” is like a prefecture). The city began to called Longyan County when Yongzheng of Qing Dynasty (1734 A.D.) reigned, but the city was changed administration several times.
In the 2nd year of Republic of China (1913), the Fu and Zhou system was abolished, and all the counties under Tingzhou Fu, Zhangzhou Fu, and Longyan were changed to be under the jurisdiction of Fujian West Dao. At the beginning of the foundation of the PRC, 8 special administrative areas were set up in Fujian, all the counties in Minxi belonged to the 8th special administrative area, which was renamed Longyan Special Administrative Area in April 1950, and then Longyan Prefecture in July 1970, giving jurisdiction to 7 counties namely Longyan, Yongding, Shanghang, Wuping, Changting, Liancheng, and Zhangping.
In September 1981, Longyan County was changed to Longyan City, and Zhangping County was changed to Zhangping City. In March 1997, then Longyan City was changed to Xinluo District, while in 1st July 1997, Longyan Prefecture was changed to Longyan City, with the city government seat located in Xinluo District.