Dongyang, known as the place of "Singing Mountains and Painting Waters", has developed education and rich culture. Here, located in the hinterland of Zhejiang, the county has a history of more than 1,800 years and is famous as the "hometown of education", "hometown of architecture" and "hometown of arts and crafts". The cultural undertakings here have sound management institutions, widespread cultural networks, complete facilities, and rich and colorful cultural activities. In 1997, it was awarded the title of "Advanced Cultural City" in the country. In 1998, it successively held the first Farmers Art Festival, the invitational competition for artistic elites from nine surrounding cities (counties), the "Revitalization of Wu Opera" large-scale opera and art gala, and the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the county's establishment as a city. A series of cultural activities. The city's cultural work is impressive and full of vitality.

Dongyang’s mass cultural heritage is profound and distinctive. Mass cultural activities are rich and colorful, and there are many good shows, which fully demonstrate the charm of "the hometown of folk art". Among the folk art performances of the first Arts and Crafts Festival, more than 3,000 people participated in 11 large-scale programs such as "Flag in the Wind", "Kowloon in the Sea", "Wuhou Shield", and "Dragon Boat on the Shore", which are unique and famous. Spectacular; at the celebration meeting for the 1800th anniversary of the founding of the county, more than 4,000 people participated in the performances of "Welcoming Flowers", "Singing on the Dongjiang River", "Fantastic Flowers of Three Townships", "Hundred Lions Showing Power", "Auspicious Giant Candle", "Tiger and Deer Autumn Carriage" 》 and so on are so beautiful; the "Thousand Drums Raising the School Gate" performance at the first Farmers Art Festival in 1998, from the 2-meter-diameter "Drum King" to the small rattle, more than 1,200 drums gathered in the School Gate Square, the scene was magnificent, and its unique art The style is a sensation in urban and rural areas; the invitation competition for artistic elites (arts) in nine surrounding cities (counties) has received a strong response; the "Revitalizing Wu Opera" large-scale opera and art evening party is a large gathering of new and old Wu Opera elites, giving new vitality to the ancient Wu Opera art; celebrating The series of cultural activities marking the 10th anniversary of Dongyang's withdrawal from the county and its establishment as a city were unprecedentedly grand. In particular, the large-scale cultural evening show "Toward the New Century" was composed entirely of self-created, directed and performed programs with strong local characteristics and was well received by Chinese and foreign guests.

In order to enrich the spiritual food of the general public, "increase investment in hardware, improve infrastructure, and strengthen software quality," Dongyang City has successively built the Xinhua Commercial Building Complex, the Shuanggui Lane Book Business Building, and opened the Zhenxing The road store department and the book and audio-visual city have renovated the central sales department, and also carried out extensive promotional activities to proactively provide services to readers. In 1997, Dongyang Xinhua Bookstore won the honorable title of "National Double First Advanced Unit" selected by the Press and Publication Administration and the China Books and Periodicals Distribution Association. In front of the gate of Dongyang School, there used to be a place where many students studied hard. Now there is a Dongyang City Library built with a donation of 8 million yuan by Mr. Wang Tiwu, a Taiwanese compatriot. It has a construction area of ??5,200 square meters, making it the province's largest library with first-class facilities. The county (city) level public library has a collection of more than 130,000 books.

Dongyang City took the lead in launching a pilot project of "raising two yuan to watch movies for a year" in Hucun and Baiyun. In 1996 and 1997, the city raised 1.297 million yuan in rural film screening funds. It completely solves the problem of farmers having difficulty watching movies. This initiative has been highly praised by the leaders of the Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Culture and the former Ministry of Radio, Film and Television, and fully affirmed by peers across the country. Guangming Daily and other newspapers introduced this practice in their front-page headlines. In early 1998, Dongyang Rural Film launched an "advertising agency system", and the Municipal Film Corporation signed a three-year contract with China Travel Service to sell rural film advertising. This move not only increased the visibility of enterprises and institutions, but also enabled film companies to obtain funds for rural film screenings. So far, more than 2,300 rural films have been screened, with more than 1 million viewers.

Although Dongyang’s cultural industry started late, it has developed rapidly in the spring breeze of reform and opening up. "China Guangsha Construction Group" puts forward the view that "economy and culture are two sides of the same coin, and both constitute the value of the cause" and spends huge sums of money to establish cultural industries and carry out cultural activities. As one of the largest township enterprise groups in the country, Hengdian Group has invested heavily in developing cultural industries. In recent years, it has invested hundreds of millions of yuan to build cultural villages, entertainment villages, paradise villages, the filming base of the movie "The Opium War", and the Qin Imperial Palace. , "Along the River During Qingming Festival", "Forbidden City" and other antique buildings.

So far, there are more than 550 cultural business units in Dongyang City.

Dongyang was established as a county in the second year of Xingping in the Eastern Han Dynasty (195). It is a famous historical and cultural city in Zhejiang Province with extremely rich cultural heritage. There are more than 260 ancient architectural complexes in the Ming and Qing Dynasties that integrate wood carving, brick carving, stone carving and painting arts and are praised by domestic and foreign experts as "international level cultural and artistic heritage". These numerous cultural heritages truly record the history of Dongyang's evolution and development. They are rich in connotation and extremely precious, and their value cannot be estimated in terms of money.

Several times of wind and rain, several times of hardship; many times of brilliance and beauty. The rural culture of the market towns in Dongyang is fully prosperous. Professional culture, mass culture, senior culture, corporate culture, campus culture, and family culture go hand in hand. The cultural undertakings are colorful and prosperous during the reform and opening up.