Ningwu has a long history and culture. As early as the Neolithic Age, there were human beings. Stone axes and pottery pieces left by ancient cultural sites such as Yangzhuang provide a basis for historians to study the cultural development of the middle reaches of the Yellow River. From 1 1 century to 476 BC, in today's Ningwu area, there was an active Loufan tribe (or clan) with a long history and good at shooting and riding. In 277 BC, Zhao conquered Loufan, and King Wuling of Zhao once again used Loufan's soldiers to realize the plan of destroying Qin. Now Ningwu is the main area where he is stationed. During the Sui Dynasty, hundreds of thousands of craftsmen built the grand Fenyang Palace in Tianchi and Fenyuan in Ningwu today. Tang Dynasty, Tianchi, Chi Yuan and Loufan were important military bases transferred to North Korea. In the Yuan Dynasty, the soldiers and civilians in the border area began to reclaim land in Ningwu today, ending the desert state in local history. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Ningwu has developed step by step by repairing the inner border, building cities and temples.
During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, Xiwei Town was established, which was under the jurisdiction of Taiyuan Government. Chenghua established Ning Wuguan in four years. In the 19th year of Jiajing, Ningwu was an important town in Shanxi, commanding the military affairs of Yanmen, Ningwu and Piantou. In the third year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty, ningwu county was changed to Ningwu House, which governed Ningwu, Shenchi, Wuzhai and Pianguan counties, and belonged to Yanmen Road in Shanxi. In the early Republic of China, it was abolished. After the founding of the People's Government of ningwu county, it belongs to the administrative office of Xinxian County. 1959 1 was placed under the exclusive agency of Jinbei, 196 1 returned to Xinxian County. During the Cultural Revolution, the "County People's Government" was changed to the "County Revolutionary Committee", which was subordinate to the Xinxian Revolutionary Committee. 1981March, the Seventh People's Congress of this county changed the "County Revolutionary Committee" to "County People's Government", which is now under the jurisdiction of the People's Government of Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province.
From the Warring States Period to the end of Ming Dynasty, Ningwu area or border area is an important channel connecting the mainland and northern minorities, or a place where the Han nationality in the mainland and northern minorities live together, and it is the main area for cultural exchanges between ethnic merchants. Ningwu's special geographical environment gave birth to the rough and bold Ningwu people, and the industrious and simple Ningwu people created brilliant material civilization and spiritual civilization. In ancient times, the main platform for dredging Fenshui River and conquering floods lived in Ningwu area for a long time. In Dinghe Village, Ningwu, there is a "Changning Palace Temple" to commemorate it. Gu Lou, a famous female writer in Han Dynasty, is annoying. Liu is a pioneer in studying abroad in this county. Ding Zhizhong and Nan Guixin participated in the League in their early years, participated in the Revolution of 1911 and the Taiyuan Uprising, and made important contributions in the revolutionary struggle to overthrow the rule of the Qing Dynasty. Wu Liang, the eldest son of a famous literary master, once served as the magistrate of Ningwu, with remarkable achievements. Sisters Wang Chunjing and Wang Chunwei, born in Ningwu, won the national tennis singles and doubles championships in 1930s, and won honors for Ningwu and Shanxi people. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, proletarian revolutionaries and military strategists He Long, Yu, Yu and others fought in Ningwu for a long time, leaving many revolutionary footprints and glorious traditions. The people of Ningwu fought bravely, and countless heroic models emerged. Zhang, the detachment leader of the old fort township soldiers and a hero of the special militia in Jinxian County, created the experience of combining the enemy with me, labor and weapons, and became a household name in Shanxi and Suiyuan. Xing Siwa, the captain of Ximawa villagers' soldiers, organized and led the militia to open up wasteland to plant arms fields and founded an "arms cooperative", which is well known to all women and children. During War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, tens of thousands of people in Ningwu participated in the war. 1076 Martyrs died for the revolution.