Brief introduction of Wanjiang

According to archaeological findings, humans lived on this land as early as 2.5 million years ago, and the Renzidong site in Fanchang County, Wuhu is the earliest ancient human activity site in Asia. In Paleolithic Age, there were traces of ape-man activities in Wanjiang area. Such as Hexian ape-man site, Yinshan site and Shuiyangjiang paleolithic site. In the Neolithic Age, there were many relics in Wanjiang area. Such as Xuejiagang Site, Wang Yang Temple Site, Monopterus albus Site, Tianningzhai Site, etc.

They created splendid history and culture in their long-term activities, which greatly enriched the connotation of early human civilization in China. From pre-Qin to now, Wanjiang culture has never been interrupted, so the history and culture of Wanjiang area has a long history. It covers a wide range, rich in content and profound in connotation, involving important historical figures and major events, as well as literature, opera, calligraphy and painting, politics, economy, science and technology, religion, folk customs, ecological environment and many other fields. Wanjiang culture pays more attention to carrying the Tao by writing, saving the country and entertaining people, fully embodies the ideological function of culture, systematically integrates the spiritual strength of literature, politics, religion and art, and has a wide and far-reaching influence. At the end of the Han Dynasty, the Tang and Song Dynasties and the opening of Wuhu in modern times, the Wanjiang area experienced three developments respectively. The commercial atmosphere of valuing profit over profit makes the intellectuals in Wanjiang clearly realize that economy is the lifeblood of the country and people's livelihood depends on it. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the stimulation of foreign trade, the development of commodity economy, the modern western capitalist mode of production and the entry of economic trade have made Wanjiang people's consciousness of attaching importance to business and seeking profits indomitable.

Innovation and innovative thinking practice. Since the Han Dynasty, Wanjiang area has been a prosperous place in humanities, art, religion and economy. The Yuefu folk song Peacock Flying Southeast is the longest narrative love poem in ancient China. Zhang Ji, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, promoted the New Yuefu Movement. Mei is one of the backbones of the poetry innovation movement in the Northern Song Dynasty. Zong Baihua and Zhu Guangqian are both pioneers and pioneers in the study of modern aesthetics in China. In modern times, the guns, steam engines and small steam engines developed by the Anqing Inner Ordnance Institute founded by Zeng Guofan were all the first in China. In the Revolution of 1911, Anqing and Wuhu were important revolutionary bases and the earliest places where Marxism spread. Ideologically, Chen Duxiu initiated the New Culture Movement, and almost all the early authors of New Youth came from Wanjiang area. Wanjiang area is the earliest and largest area where newspapers were founded in Anhui. Wuhu Nian Guangjiu represents the fate of a generation of self-employed people in China. In 1980s, Anqing's window economy was famous for some time. The distinctive cultural character of Wanjiang culture is mainly manifested in the inclusive cultural mind represented by the academic mind of Tongcheng School in Ming Dynasty, the resolute and enterprising life character represented by the spirit of Tongcheng scholars in Song Dynasty, and the flexible and open world consciousness represented by the early writers of New Youth magazine. Open, inclusive and selective social psychology. Wanjiang culture is open to the outside world, but it is integrated internally. Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, a large number of immigrants from Wanjiang brought in foreign cultures, and after being integrated into the local area, they showed new vitality. From material state to mental state, from form to content, Wanjiang culture has the traditional cultural attributes of agriculture and is the product of Confucian cultural tradition. The modern transformation of cultural forms is the potential of Anhui's cultural revival.