Zhanjiang Economic and Technological Development Zone, Potou Mazhang District, xiashan district, Chikan District: xuwen county, Wuchuan City, Donghai (Island) District: Lianjiang City, Suixi County, Leizhou City:

Zhanjiang City has a long history, profound cultural heritage and rich traditional cultural resources.

in recent years, Zhanjiang city has vigorously promoted the construction of a cultural city in combination with local conditions, especially after the 1th Party Congress of the province explicitly proposed to speed up the construction of towns in western Guangdong with Zhanjiang as the center, Zhanjiang city has intensified its cultural construction, excavated, integrated, protected and utilized historical and cultural resources with national traditions and regional characteristics, made great efforts to build cultural brands with Zhanjiang local characteristics, and vigorously built a cultural center in western Guangdong.

in 25, Zhanjiang city started to select more than 8 cultural positions and facilities, cultural relics, ancient houses, ancient villages, characteristic cultural villages, ecological civilization villages, ecological landscapes, tourist attractions and urban cultural highlights along the 325th and 27 national highway in China, starting from Wuchuan in the north and Xuwen in the south, and connected these cultural resources and cultural highlights like pearls to build a "Southern Xinjiang Cultural Corridor". In Zhanjiang's long cultural history, this is undoubtedly a bold pioneering work, which has been reported by many domestic media.

after the construction of this cultural corridor across Leizhou Peninsula, Zhanjiang City increased investment, constantly improved and enriched the cultural connotation of various scenic spots, and carefully designed the "Zhanjiang Cultural Tour". The cultural tour takes Zhanjiang city as the center and is radial, forming three lines: north, south and west. Northern line: from downtown to Wuchuan, southern line: from downtown to Leizhou and xuwen county, and western line: from downtown to Suixi and Lianjiang. The third line covers the whole city of Zhanjiang, which effectively combines culture with tourism and promotes the development of cultural economy.

there are more than 12 kinds of folk arts in Zhanjiang, and more than 3 kinds of performing arts are prevalent, so there are abundant folk art resources. In recent years, through in-depth excavation and continuous innovation, a number of fine folk arts such as lion dance in Suixi, floating color in Wuchuan and dragon dance in East Island have been cultivated and reproduced. Among them, lion dance, a traditional performing art, has gradually moved towards the whole country and the world. Suixi County, the hometown of lion dance in China, enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad, and has won numerous honors in recent years. In 23, at the invitation of the Ministry of Culture, the county's Wenche Lion Dance Troupe participated in the "Sino-French Cultural Year" in that year, and set a Guinness World Record with a performance of 3.6 meters. In 26, it won the highest prize of China folk art "Mountain Flower Award" and the seventh Luxun Literature and Art Award in Guangdong Province. In 24, the Xuwu Lion Dance Troupe of this county was invited to participate in the Shanghai International Culture Festival that year.

Zhanjiang is rich in cultural heritage, with "Lion Dance in Zhanjiang" and "Dragon Dance in East Island" listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list, "Leizhou Stone Dog" listed in the first batch of China national folk cultural protection projects, and six projects including Leizhou Stone Dog, Leizhou Girl Song, Wuchuan Piaose, Suixi Lion Dance, East Island Dragon Dance and Lianjiang Eagle Dance listed in the representative list of Guangdong intangible cultural heritage. In 25, Zhanjiang City successfully held the Zhanjiang Red Clay Culture and Art Festival, and more than 3, peasant actors participated in 9 performances in the city, which fully demonstrated the elegance of Zhanjiang folk art.

[Note: Zhanjiang Suixi Wenche Lion Dance Troupe was invited to participate in the performance of the closing ceremony of the 28 Beijing Olympic Games, as well as the dragon dance of Zhanjiang East Island, which is known as "the best in the East"]

Leizhou Peninsula has always been an active place for cultural exchanges between the North and the South, where the Central Plains culture and Leizhou local culture have stirred up and blended with each other, enriching the cultural accumulation of Leizhou Peninsula and creating many historical and cultural celebrities, such as Chen Xie and Chen Chang of Leizhou City. In 24, in order to encourage Zhanjiang people to carry forward the past and carry forward the red soil culture, Zhanjiang launched the selection activities of "Top Ten Historical and Cultural Celebrities in Zhanjiang City" and "Top Ten Contemporary Cultural Celebrities in Zhanjiang City", excavated and protected celebrity cultures such as Chen Xie, and restored Chen Xie's former residence, Chen Lanbin's former residence and Lin Zhaotang's memorial hall. The local media opened up a column entitled "Celebrities of Red Earth Culture" and introduced contemporary cultural celebrities such as Peacock Screen, Li Lianzhu, Chen Xiang and Lin Fen, which formed a good celebrity effect.

over the past few years, after excavation and protection, Zhanjiang has rescued a number of cultural relics and created a number of famous towns and villages with distinctive culture. Leizhou City was named the only "National Famous Historical and Cultural City" in western Guangdong, Wuyang Town in Wuchuan City was named "National Famous Historical and Cultural Town", Chaoxi Village and donglin village Village in Leizhou City were named "National Famous Historical and Cultural Village" and Bangtang Village was named "the oldest village in China". Xuwen county established the "China Folk Photography Base", and Li Jianhua, a farmer from Leizhou City, founded the largest couplets art gallery in China-Xialan North Couplets Art Gallery.

Zhanjiang's characteristic culture is blending into the new connotation of the times and showing new vitality.