明洪武年间,东南沿海倭寇猖獗,朱元璋派汤和前往浙江沿海抗倭。汤和到浙江后修建了59所城堡,并在当地征兵5万多人驻守在各城堡内。龙湾区海滨街道的宁村就是59个城堡之一。这些招募自江浙一带的官兵,有事则战,无事则耕,并和当地居民结婚生子,日益繁衍,遂成宁村。 Ming Hongwu years, rampant pirates along the southeast coast, Zhu Yuanzhang sent soup and went to Zhejiang coastal anti-Japanese. After the soup and the construction of 59 citadels in Zhejiang, more than 50,000 local conscription troops were stationed in the castles. Ningcun, a seaside street in Longwan District, is one of 59 citadel. Those officers and soldiers recruited from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces engaged in war and no-meal farming, marrying and living with the local people and grew more and more prosperous.