What are the traditional cultures in Taizhou, Jiangsu?

Taizhou Traditional Culture Taizhou is one of the first provincial-level historical and cultural cities in Jiangsu Province, with many cultural relics and historic sites. There are Longshan cultural sites more than 4,000 years ago, ancient cultural sites from the late Neolithic period to the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, and ancient salt river sites excavated in the early Western Han Dynasty. The tomb of Zhaoyang in the Warring States Period, the tomb of Shi Naian, the author of Water Margin, the tomb of Zheng Banqiao, one of the eight eccentrics in Yangzhou, and the tomb of Chu Shanluo, the left assistant minister of Nanjing Official Department, are all in Taizhou. In addition, there are Guangxiao Temple, a famous Jianghuai temple built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Daxiong Hall and Chenghuang Temple built in Nanshan Temple, Qingyun Temple, Dongyue Temple, Hu Anding Ancestral Temple, Yuefeisheng Temple, Chongru Ancestral Hall, Gong Hu Academy, Mazhou Academy, Zhijiang Academy and Yangxian Court built in the Ming Dynasty. There are Japanese gardens, Li gardens, Liu Xizai and the former residence in the classical gardens. The scenic spots in Taizhou are quite distinctive, including Qinhu Scenic Area, Multi-day Scenic Area, Gushan Scenic Area, Taishan Park, Meilanfang Park and Donghe Scenic Area.

There are many famous people in Taizhou history. Zhang Huaiguan, a calligraphy critic in the Tang Dynasty, wrote books such as Shu Duan, Yi Shu and Guan Shu. Good cursive script, calligraphy "is cursive script, grass wants to walk alone for a hundred years." Hu Yuan, a famous educator in the Song Dynasty, and Shi Naian, a writer in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties, wrote the classic Water Margin. In the Ming Dynasty, the philosopher Wang Gen expounded the theory of "respecting the body and establishing the foundation" and the theory of "kingly way" with the thought of social improvement, and gradually formed the "Taizhou School". In Qing Dynasty, there were famous astronomer Chen Houyao, storyteller Liu Jingting, one of the Eight Eccentrics in Yangzhou, pioneer of Yangzhou School, Ren, famous literary critic Liu Xizai, chess player Huang Longshi, master of Taigu School Huang Baonian and so on. In modern times, there were famous geologist Ding Wenjiang, famous patriotic industrialist Liu Guojun, outstanding female educator Wu Yifang, famous playwright Ding Xilin, Peking Opera performance artist Mei Lanfang, famous literary historian and biographer Zhu Dongrun. Taizhou is also a city with a glorious revolutionary struggle tradition. Major historical events also took place in Taizhou, such as the resistance to gold in the Southern Song Dynasty, the resistance to Japan in the Ming Dynasty, the resistance to Britain during the Opium War, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and Chen Yi's March into Taizhou during the Liberation War, the decisive battle between the New Fourth Army and Huangqiao, the seven major battles between the Soviet Union and China, and the birth of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy. Zhong 'an Ship Martyrs Memorial Hall, Yang Gensi Martyrs Cemetery, Seven Victory Monuments in Seven Wars, the former site of Taixing Independent Branch of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provincial Committee of China, the former site of the New Fourth Army's eastward negotiation office in Taizhou, the memorial hall of Huangqiao Battle, and the former site of the birthplace of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy are all bases for patriotism and revolutionary tradition education. From the Neolithic Age, from the Li Dynasty, Zhou Dynasty, Han Dynasty, Six Dynasties, Song and Yuan Dynasties, cultural relics in Taizhou and various cities (districts) collected more than 0/3,000 pieces of precious ceramics, Ming Dynasty costumes, Ming and Qing calligraphy and paintings, archives of the Forbidden City, and more than 0/0,000 pieces of national-level precious cultural relics. There are also hundreds of revolutionary cultural relics in relevant memorial halls. Governments at all levels attach great importance to cultural relics work and repair a large number of cultural relics protection units. Taizhou has 27 provincial cultural relics protection units, 43 municipal cultural relics protection units/KLOC-0, 4 cultural relics management institutions, 2 museums and 7 memorial halls.