Xinzhou ancient city has a history of 1800 years. In the 20th year of Jian 'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty (2 15), "Yunzhong, Dingxiang, Wuyuan and Shuofang counties, outside the Great Wall of China, set up a county to lead their people, which is considered as a new county". Today, it moved to Xinzhou City, and Xinxing County merged with Jiuyuan County to establish Jiuyuan City as the county administrative office. Jiuyuan first set up a county, where the county was ruled.

This Jiuyuan City, built in the Eastern Han Dynasty, is the original city of Xinzhou City today. This city is called Jiuyuan. First, Wuyuan County of Hetao governs Jiuyuan County. Due to the invasion of Xiongnu, the Eastern Han court was unable to resist, so officials from Wuyuan County 16 County gathered in Jiuyuan County and moved to Xinzhou to build a city. Second, because of the site selection of the fortification, there is Jiulonggang, which is said to be the tomb of Wang of Zhao State, also known as Jiuyuan.

The ancient city has always been a state-owned scale. Jian 'an was built in 20 years, that is, new counties and cities, followed by Sizhou and Xinzhou. There are Yanmen, Ningwu and Piantou Pass in the north, and there are three dangerous passes in the county: Xinkou, Shiling and Tang Chi. Taiyuan, the capital of Nanping, is the only access to the north of Taiyuan. "The throat and portal of northern Shaanxi?" .

Xinzhou

It borders Datong, Shuozhou and Hohhot in the north, Taiyuan, Lvliang and Yangquan in the south, Yulin in Shaanxi and Erdos in Inner Mongolia across the Yellow River in the west, and Taihang Mountain in the east borders Shijiazhuang and Baoding in Hebei. The total area is 2510.5 million square kilometers, and the famous scenic spots include Wutai Mountain and Yanmenguan. 1949, establishing new counties; /kloc-0 merged with Yanbei area at the end of 958 to form Jinbei area.