Lantian Township was developed in the Song Dynasty according to genealogy records, and was first inhabited by surnames such as Zeng, Zhu and Luo. At that time, the forest was dense and the water was abundant. The ancestors cut down trees to open up wasteland and built ridges for fields, so it was called "forest fields". Because the Minnan dialect "Lin" is homophonic with "Lan" and "Lan" is similar to "Lantian", it was written as "Lantian" by Yazheng and has been passed down to this day. In 2009, Huangbai Village, Anxi County Tea Professional Cooperative and Lantian Tea Market, a tea production base, were established.

Jintian Township was a part of Huanjili in Song Dynasty, and it was a part of Huanjili in Ming and Qing Dynasties. During the Republic of China, it belonged to Changkeng District, District 3, District 2, Changkang District and Chongxin District, and/kloc-0 was changed to Lantian Township in June, 945. After liberation, it successively belonged to Changkang District, Five Districts, Six Districts, Eleven Districts and Changkeng District. 1958 165438+ October belongs to Changkeng People's Commune; 1961August changed to Changkeng District; 1965 the withdrawal area in April still belongs to Changkeng commune; 198 1 year 1 1 month Lantian commune was separated from changkeng commune, and it administered 10 production brigade; 1April, 1984, it was changed to the township system and named Lantian Township.