A raft of characteristic cultures from Quzhou – a prefecture-level city in East China's Zhejiang province – were recently selected in the first list of 100 "Zhejiang cultural identification" cultivation projects, according to local media reports on Jan 11.

These include the culture of Southern Confucianism (city level), the Ritual for the Start of Spring (1st of the Chinese 24 solar terms) in Jiuhua Mountain, Kecheng district, the culture of the ancient country of Gumie in Qujiang district and the Mao family culture in ancient Qingyang village in the country level city of Jiangshan.

River scenery Chinese poetry from Song Dynasty

In the Song Dynasty (960-1279), the creation of lyric song poetry in Changshan county flourished. To date, Changshan has collected nearly 1,000 lyric song poems from the Song Dynasty.

Currently, Changshan has completed the repair of the ancient Zhaoxian ferry, rebuilt the Yang Wanli Memorial Hall and the Changshan Song Poetry Museum has also been approved – further promoting the construction of its local cultural brand.

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