The original Amis inhabitants allied themselves with the Qing dynasty and against the Sakizaya and Kavalan people during the Takobowan incident [zh] in 1878.

The Amis were underpaid for their services, and organized an uprising [zh], after which the Japanese removed them from the area.

Subsequently, the Governor-General of Taiwan encouraged Japanese to immigrate the regions of Hualien and Taitung and established a village here called Yoshino (吉野) in 1910.

In 1948 after the Kuomintang takeover, to reduce the Japanese flavor of the name, it was renamed as the current Ji'an Township.

Yongan, Taichang, Qingfeng, Jian, Fuxing, Nanhua, Gancheng, Yongxing, Daoxiang, Nanchang, Yichang, Beichang, Shengan, Renli, Tungchang, Renan, Renhe and Guanghua Village.