Changting County
The county seat is the town of Tingzhou. History. Pre-modern era. Changting was originally the name of a prefecture (called Tingzhou in imperial times), established in the second year of the Republic of China - 1913. Jiangxi-Fujian Soviet. During the early stages of the Chinese Civil War, this prefecture was the economic and financial centre of the Chinese Soviet Republic. Tens of thousands of people from Changting joined the Chinese Red Army but not many survived the Long March. Post-Mao era. With the founding of the People's Republic of China, the prefecture was redesignated "Longyan