| Wenxi County | |
| Other Name: | Wensi |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Pushpin Map: | China Shanxi |
| Pushpin Label: | Wenxi |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the seat in Shanxi |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Shanxi |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
| Subdivision Name2: | Yuncheng |
| Population: | 355,269 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Coordinates: | 35.39°N 111.3075°W |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
Wenxi County is a county in southern Shanxi province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture level city of Yuncheng. As of 2020 it had a population of roughly 350,000.
The name Wenxi, which means "hearing the glad news", was used as the county name in 111 BC when Emperor Wu of Han, who on his royal progress at this place, heard Han's decisive victory in the Han–Nanyue War.
In June 2022, archaeologists announced a discovery of a 2.8cm (01.1inches) long, 5,200-year-old stone carving chrysalis in a semi-crypt house at the Shangguo Site in the city of Yuncheng, Wenxi County. Archaeologists theorised that this house may have belonged to the Yangshao culture period, based on the unearthed pottery pieces. According to archaeologist Tian Jianwen, discovery of stone carving chrysalises provided significant information for the study of the silkworm culture in China.[1] [2]