Kou Town has a rich and splendid cultural heritage. According to archaeologists, Kou Town was the breeding ground of ancient humans as early as 6000 years ago. More than 4,000 years ago, Huangdi, the ancestor of China, used to smelt copper and cast a tripod in Kouzhen. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Mid-Warring States Period, Wang Chan, a military strategist, and his disciples Su Qin, Zhang Yi, Sun Bin and Pang Wei once built a village here to teach soldiers, and the site of Kezhai still exists today. When Qin Wangdong expanded, he built the capital here and built the Taniguchi Palace. Wu Zetian set up the state capital here in the Tang Dynasty. Wukong, a Buddhist master in the Tang Dynasty, once lived and preached in Kouzhen. There is still the site of Wukong Temple in Guandao Village, and the temple fair is still held today. Liang Qing Temple, built in the Northern Wei Dynasty, has been circulating for thousands of years, and the site still exists.
Kouzhen has always been full of talented people. In the Ming Dynasty, there were ministers from the Ministry of Household Affairs, Prince Taibao, zhangwenda from Zhu Guo Shaobao, Pan Bomao from the Ministry of War, Prince Pan Boren from Shaofu, and Pan Tigan from Wenhua Longge University. In modern times, there were Lei Zhixue, leader of the agricultural movement, He Jizu, president of the Central Literature Publishing House, Ma Fu, director of the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department, He Zhiyuan, a division soldier who won the Third Class Liberation Medal, Guo Shuquan, former director of discipline inspection and supervision of Qinghai Province, party member, Sun Wencheng, Sun Yaojie, calligrapher Lei, wang pu, culinary master Liu Fengkai, and painter exhibition.