The School of Literature is developed on the basis of the original Chinese Language and Literature Department，Its history can be traced back to the "Chinese Literature Gate"。At the beginning of the establishment of the National Northwest Normal University in August 1939，The Department of Chinese Language is one of the independent departments。Depending on the Chinese Language Department in December 1950。January 1959 Institute of Adjustment，Some teachers of the Chinese Department of Lanzhou University and all teachers of the Chinese Department of Lanzhou Academy of Arts are merged into the Chinese Department。After 1977，With the recovery 188bet appand improvement of the national college entrance examination system，The appearance of the Chinese Department is also renewed。Since the 1990s，During the time of Professor Zhao Yanfu as the director of the Chinese Department，Secret education has been opened one after another、News、Three new majors in Chinese language teaching。September 2000，In order to meet the needs of the development of school education，Chinese Department and History Department、Ancient Books Collection Research Institute、Northwest Cultural Research Institute and other institutions merged，Establishment of Literature，2008 renamed the School of Literature and History。June 2012，School reform and professional adjustment，Chinese Department、Secretary's Department of Student Department is teaching subject，With pre -Qin Literature and 188bet apkCultural Research Center、Ancient Books Collection Research Institute、Northwest Cultural Research Institute、Sinology Center, etc.。
After relocating to Lanzhou in 1942, the Northwest Normal University of the National Northwest Normal University，A large number of famous scholars at home and abroad have taught in the Chinese Department and the School of Arts，Li Jinxi、Jiao Juyin、Roganze、Yu Yuyu、Jiao Juyin、Li Chendong、Wang Ruyi、Li Jiayan、Ding Yi、Feng Guorui、Zhao Yintang、Xu Jongfu、Shen Xinwu、Wu Fuxi、Zheng Wen、Kuangfu、You Bingyu、Peng Duo、Guo Jinlian、Tang Qi、Wu Fuxi、Zhang Wenxiong、Zhi Kejian、Sun Keheng and others，Make outstanding contributions in different discipline areas。Li Jinxi、He Shizhen、Xu Jongfu、Fu Hengshu、Peng Duo、Hu Dajun、蹇 Changchun、Zhao Yanfu、Peng Jinshan and others have served as the director of the Chinese Department、188bet apkDean of the Academy of Literature，Chinese Department、The reform and development of the School of Literature made outstanding contributions。Li Dingwen、Ye Meng、Chen Yong、Huo Xudong、蹇 Changchun、Wan Song、Prophet Qiao、Li Shukai、Ji Chengjia、Hu Dajun、Mr. Zhang Minglian and others still pay attention to the progress of the college，Promoting suggestions for the development of the college。generations of generations hard work，Lao Zhongqing salary fire passed，formed a stable and realistic realization、academic tradition with aggressive aggressive，Build the college into a unique "Long Shang Yuyuan"。