The origin of Sanming's name has its specific meaning. Broadly speaking, it refers to the entire jurisdiction of Sanming today; In a narrow sense, it is the name of the urban area, and the municipal name is Sanyuan in ancient times, which has always been the territory of Shaxian County. In 29 years (1940), Sanyuan County was established. 1In July, 956, when Sanyuan and Mingxi counties merged, the initials of the original place names of the two counties were combined to form "Sanming" as the new county name, which has been used ever since.

The origin and change of the name "Sanyuan"

Sanyuan originally belonged to Shaxian County, and its place name has a long history. Legend has it that as early as the Tang Dynasty, An An gave birth to triplets. The eldest son was named Long Yuan, the second was named Lion Yuan, and the third was named Leopard Yuan. All three brothers are world-famous and have three geographical names. In Song Dynasty, Sanyuan was a small village in the twenty-second capital of Shaxian County. It was not until the middle of Ming Dynasty that it was in Bixu Town, Sanyuanli in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and Sanyuan Town after the Republic of China. In the 28th year of the Republic of China (1939), Sanyuan Town was set aside from Shaxian County to establish Sanyuan Special Zone. In 29 years of the Republic of China, based on Sanyuan Town, some areas of Shaxian County, Mingxi County and Yong 'an County were added to set up Sanyuan County, which was renamed Sanmin Town. 1950 was also called Sanmin Town when it was liberated, and it was under the jurisdiction of Meilie District, Sanyuan County. 1954, Sanmin Town was renamed as Chengguan Town, which still belongs to Meilie District of Sanyuan County. 1959 February, Sanming People's Commune was established, with eight rural people's communes under its jurisdiction: Chengguan, Nakamura, Shenkou, Yan Qian, Xuefeng, Gaiyang, xia yang and Hufang. 196 1 in August, the management Committee of Chengguan People's Commune was changed into an urban office, with three branches under its jurisdiction: Chengguan, Liedong and Liexi. From 65438 to 0970, Sanming City's subordinate urban office, the administrative committees of Chen Da, Yan Qian, Xinkou and Nakamura are under the jurisdiction of Jingxi Town Government. 1April, 1983, with the approval of the State Council, the administrative office of Sanming District was revoked, and the original jurisdiction of Sanming City was changed to a provincial city, and a county-level ternary administrative region was established.