Before liberation, there was a simple theater in Lingyuan.

After liberation, the Sanheshui Opera Troupe of "Beijing, Ping, and Bangzi" was jointly organized by the Chinese people, and was gradually adapted by the government into a state-owned Peking Opera troupe. Later, Lingyuan Yingdiao Theater, Folk Art Club, and Shadow Play Club were founded, each with their own activity venues.

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In 1959, when Chaoyang City was established, the Lingyuan Peking Opera Troupe was transferred and the Ping Opera Troupe was sent.

After the "Cultural Revolution", the Pingju Opera Troupe was restored and a shadow puppet club was set up, with more than 60 actors and actresses.

The county film team was established in 1955.

In 1958, a new 800-seat cinema was built.

In 1979, it was expanded into a theater with 1,441 seats.

Each township has a film management station, with a total of 193 film screening teams.

The county cultural center was established in 1949. Now every township (town) has a cultural station and there are 4 township (town) cultural centers.

The county library has a collection of 22,000 volumes, and the township (town) libraries have a total collection of more than 20,000 volumes.

Lingyuan County Museum was restored in 1984.

Literary and artistic creation, photography, painting, paper-cutting, sculpture, etc. are all relatively active. The new historical drama "Bao Gong Married a Daughter" won the third prize of Liaoning Province's 1983 Outstanding Literary and Art Works.

Works such as window grille paper-cutting, shadow figure carving, calligraphy, and painting have participated in provincial and municipal exhibitions, and some paper-cuttings have been exhibited abroad.

There are currently 54 rural amateur theater troupes.

The film drama "In Front of the Widow" and Pingju Opera "The Lover" performed by the Sanjiazi Town Amateur Theater Troupe have been performed in the province and city for two years and won creation and performance awards.

Shadow puppet art has a history of hundreds of years, and there were more than 200 shadow puppet teams in the county.

The broadcasting industry began in 1953 on a trial basis by the County Cultural Center, and in 1956 the county radio station was established.

In 1958, broadcasting amplification stations were established in all communes, and 70% of the townships had broadcasting lines.

By 1985, there were 28 township (town) radio stations, a total length of 4,547 kilometers of radio lines, 304 kilometers of dedicated radio lines, 261 villages with radio access, and 1,831 resident groups with access to radio.

There are 81,491 broadcasting speakers in the country, with a penetration rate of 81,491. The local products of Lingyuan mainly include mountain date kernels, mountain almonds, green onions, cannabis, sun-cured tobacco, etc.

In addition to supplying market needs, some of these specialties are sold to other provinces and international markets.

For example, the willow weaving products from Sanjiazi Township are exported to Japan, Germany and other countries.

In 1985, Lingyuan County was rated as national and provincial quality products including ammonia bicarbonate, torx wrenches, red bricks, CA-10C air compressors, instantaneous detonators, plumbing pipe fittings, rabbit boxes, and apple boxes; rated as city quality products

The products include automobile front axles, CA-10C oil pumps, automobile cushions, and product export boxes.

At the Late Paleolithic Cultural Site in Bajianfang Village, Lingyuan Town, stone tools with Paleolithic cultural characteristics and five animal fossils including primitive cattle, Przewalski's antelope, and spotted deer were unearthed; at the Hongshan Cultural Site in Chengzishan, Lingbei Township, hooks were unearthed

Nine pieces of jade including cloud-shaped jade pendants and jade rings; the Hongshan Cultural Site in Niuheliang dating back 5,000 years has revealed the mystery of China's 5,000-year civilization and was listed as one of the country's "five major archaeological discoveries" in 1984.

The unearthed jade carving of a pig dragon is listed as a first-class cultural relic by the country.

Bronze daggers, bronze tripods, horses, deer, tigers, elephants and other gold objects unearthed in Hetanggou, Lingbei Township, chimes, bronze chariot and horse ornaments unearthed in Sandaohezi Township, bronze helmets unearthed in Sihedang Township,

The Yunxian bronze spears unearthed from the ancient city of Anzhangzi are all cultural relics from the Warring States period.

At the ruins of the ancient city of Anzhangzi Village, 19 pieces of sealing mud were unearthed, 11 of which were from the county to which Youbeiping County belongs.

In addition, many ruins and relics were discovered after the Warring States Period, especially in the Liao, Jin and Yuan dynasties.

In 1979, a stone arch bridge from the Jin Dynasty was discovered in Tianshenghao Township and listed as a provincial cultural relic protection unit; Wanxiang Temple in Qitian Township is a well-preserved famous lama temple. When Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty visited Shengjing for the fourth time, he

Stay in the temple.

In the north of Lingyuan City there are the ruins of the palace of the Qianlong Emperor, and in the city there is a mosque built in the early years of the Qianlong Emperor's reign.

Lingyuan Hot Spring is located 17.5 kilometers north of the county. The village is named Hot Water Hot Spring.

The village is about two kilometers away. In the center of the village is a hot spring area. The spring water merges into a stream. The banks are covered with willow trees. There are more than 100 families living among the green trees.

There are 4 courtyards in the hot spring area, each with its own characteristics.

To the north of the bank are Chaoyang City Hot Spring Sanatorium, Liaoning Provincial Supply and Marketing System Staff Sanatorium, and Liaoning Provincial Grain System Staff Sanatorium; to the south of the bank is the Shenyang Military Region 243 Sanatorium.

***There are more than 900 beds and relatively complete physiotherapy equipment.

After scientific identification, the hot water soup is high-quality mineral water, containing more than 20 chemical elements, the main component of which is bicarbonate. The spring water temperature is 50°C and the daily spray volume is 900 tons.

The mineral water has very obvious effects on improving health and curing diseases. Coupled with the fresh air and beautiful scenery, it can be called a health resort and tourist resort.

The average income per person in rural areas was 39 yuan in 1957. According to a sample survey in 1984, the average income per person was 175 yuan.

Calculated based on the average agricultural population, grain output per person was 121 kilograms in 1949 and reached a maximum of 464.5 kilograms per person in 1979.

According to statistics in 1985, farmers in the county had 340,000 houses covering 5.29 million square meters, with an average of 11 square meters per person. This basically changed the situation of horse-framed and shabby thatched houses before liberation.

lives of workers and urban residents.

In 1949, the county had 1,103 employees, with a total salary of 1.76 million yuan, an average of 159.6 yuan per person.

In 1985, the number of employees in the county increased to 29,027, including 21,981 employees in the state-owned enterprises.

The annual salary is 20.41 million yuan, with an average of 928 yuan per person, an increase of 4.8 times compared with 1949.