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In August 1947, Longping County and Yaoshan County were merged into Longyao County. In 1958, Longyao County merged with Lincheng, Baixiang and Neiqiu to form Neiqiu County, which belongs to the Handan District Administrative Office. In May 1961, Longyao and Baixiang were separated from Neiqiu County and were collectively called Longyao County. In January 1962, Baixiang County was separated. Longyao County is under the jurisdiction of the Xingtai District Administrative Office. In June 1993, it was changed to the jurisdiction of Xingtai City.
Longyao is the first fiefdom of Emperor Yao in ancient times. It is also the ancestral home of the Li Tang royal family that founded the Tang Empire for 300 years. It is also the birthplace of Guo Wei and Shizong Chai Rong, the Taizu of the later Zhou Dynasty. It has a history of more than 2,200 years since the establishment of counties (Guang'a, Bairen and Xiangshi counties) in the Western Han Dynasty in 206 BC, leaving behind a rich cultural heritage, historical relics and folk customs of "hard work, integrity and pragmatism". There are two national-level key cultural relics protection units, Longyao Tang Ancestral Tomb and Bairen City Site, three national-level intangible cultural heritages: Longyao Yangko Opera, Longyao Zhaozi Drum, and Zepan Tiange, as well as the "Holy Land of Tang Yao" and "Li Family". "Hometown" two cultural business cards. Longyao is also the “Hometown of National Folk Culture and Art” and the “Hometown of Chinese Poetry”.
Longyao County has a good agricultural foundation, with a number of specialty agricultural products such as Zepan lotus root, chicken legs and green onions. It is the first batch of commercial grain base counties in the country, the first batch of national agricultural industrialization demonstration base counties and the core of grain production. Districts and counties. Longyao has obvious industrial characteristics. While continuously expanding and strengthening the two major industries of food manufacturing and equipment manufacturing, it also actively promotes the development of modern agriculture and modern service industries, gradually forming a development situation in which the four pillar industries are taking off simultaneously.
In recent years, Longyao County has cultivated a number of well-known enterprises such as Jinmailang and Yuanda. It owns 4 well-known Chinese trademarks, including Hualong, Jinmailang, Yao, and Tingchuang, and 2 Chinese famous brand products. 14 provincial famous trademarks and brand-name products. It has successively won the titles of “National Strong County in Food Industry”, “National Advanced County in Scientific and Technological Progress”, “National First-class Power Supply County”, “National Advanced County in Grain Production”, “Advanced County in the Development of Private Economy in the Province”, “Advanced County in the Construction of Small Towns in the Province” County" and other titles.