Lushunkou is rich in history and culture. It was known as Mashijin during Jin dynasty (265-420), Dulizhen during Tang dynasty (618-907), and Shizikou during Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). As recent as 5,000 years ago, during the Neolithic period, ancestors of the people began to live and labor on this land. It was incorporated into the national administrative division during the Warring States Period. 

In the fourth Hongwu year of the Ming dynasty (1371 AD), Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang ordered two generals, Ma Yun and Ye Wang, and their troops to cross the sea by ship to garrison at Liaodong peninsula. Since the sea voyage was very calm, they renamed Shizikou "Lushunkou", meaning "smooth".  

Due to its unique geographical location, Lushunkou has been an important military location in modern and contemporary China. In 1880, the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) established the Beiyang Fleet here. Naval ports, gun batteries and a ship dock were built, and military camps were established. As such, it became the main battlefield of the Sino-Japanese War in 1894 and the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, filling Lushunkou with war relics throughout the city and earning Lushunkou an important position in Chinese and world history. There is a saying that goes, "Lushunkou records half of China's modern history".

The vicissitudes of hundreds of years have made Lushunkou a place with "friendly, harmonious, open and forward-looking"spirits, turning it into a place where miracles happen.