Rich cultural accumulation has created brilliant Heze culture and art. Heze is known as "the hometown of peony", "the hometown of opera", "the hometown of martial arts" and "the hometown of painting and calligraphy". "Hometown of Peony" is famous at home and abroad. Peony cultivation in Heze City has a long history and gained a good reputation in the Ming Dynasty. Pu Songling said in his Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio that "Cao Zhou peony is the best in Qilu" and wrote a fairy tale by Ge Jinyu, which was later called "Heze peony is the best in the world". After liberation, especially since the reform and opening up, Cao Zhou Peony, which is rich in historical traditions, has entered a brand-new development period. At present, the planting area of peony in Heze city has reached more than 50 thousand mu, with more than 600 varieties. Peony culture formed in history, including pharmacology, botany, horticulture, geography, literature and art, drama and folk art, is an integral part of China national culture. With the establishment of market economy system, Heze established Peony Institute, the world's first fragrance society and the national flower research society to systematically study, develop and utilize peony resources and serve local economic construction. Since 1992, Heze City has held the Heze International Peony Fair with the aim of "taking flowers as the medium, making friends, building a cultural platform, singing opera in economy and trade, developing tourism and revitalizing the economy", and has successfully held eleven sessions so far. The "hometown of drama" lives up to its reputation. Heze city has a long history of drama activities and a wide variety of dramas, enjoying the reputation of "the hometown of drama". Existing traditional local operas include Shandong Bangzi, Liangjiaxian, Zaobang, Dapingdiao, Heizai Opera, Quju Opera, Liu Zi Opera, Siping Opera and Henan Opera. Quyi includes Shandong ancient paintings, Shandong Luozi, Ying Ge Chuanshu, Shandong Qin Shu and Henan pendant. Among them, jujube is the only one in China, and it is known as "the first group in the world". Heze drama has a glorious history, and many troupes have performed in Shanxi and Beijing. 1959 10 president Mao Zedong watched Ding Tao's drama "three laboratories", and president Zhu De watched Liu Zi's opera "Xiangyang family" and other plays in the spring of 1964, showing great interest. Liu Shaoqi, Chen Yi and other party and state leaders have all seen Heze local operas and spoke highly of them. Some plays, such as Old Yangshan, The Story of the Great Wall, Sun An's Movies, etc. It has also been made into TV series and movies. Local operas have won many awards in previous national and provincial theatrical performances. Longmen Ferry, Walking Out of the Mountain, Soul of Law, and Selection of Village Officials also won the "Five Outstanding Project Awards" in Shandong Province. The historical drama Bao Gong Selling Officials participated in the performance of the 7th Provincial Culture and Art Festival and won nine awards. The literary creation in Heze City was once in the forefront of the whole province, with a large number of literary authors emerging, creating many literary works that attracted the attention of literary circles inside and outside the province, and individual works also attracted the attention of the national literary circles. The TV series "The Daughter of Ali Mountain" and "The Water Margin Boys" were broadcast on CCTV, which was well received by the society. The TV series "The Daughter of Ali Mountain" was selected as the fifth "Excellent Project" award in Shandong Province. With the development of drama, a large number of well-known and influential actors have been trained, such as, Liu, Zhang, Zhu Qin Gui, Wang Fengyun and He Xiliang. The middle-aged actor Zhu also won the 16th National Drama Plum Blossom Award. Liu, a young actor, won the gold medal in the "Yu Xiang Cup" drama competition. Nine young dramatists, including Sun Hongyan and Li Junshan, braved the encirclement in the drama competition of "Liyuan Spring" of Henan TV Station and won many awards. At present, there are 1 1 county theatrical troupes and more than 200 folk performing groups in the city. The "hometown of martial arts" has a long reputation. Cao Zhou is an important town in the Central Plains in history. The people of Heze City have always admired martial arts, and talented people have come forth in large numbers. In the imperial examination of the Qing Dynasty, there were two martial arts champions and more than 30 martial arts champions. There are as many as 39 kinds of Wushu boxing, such as Meihua Boxing, Hongquan, Monkey Boxing, Shaolin Boxing and Tai Ji Chuan. Before liberation, martial arts venues were built in most counties of Heze. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the excellent traditional Wushu art has been promoted, especially since the reform and opening up, the cause of Wushu in our city has developed rapidly, and there are more and more Wushu organizations and societies. According to incomplete statistics, there are 36 martial arts schools with more than 1000 students, and influential schools such as Songjiang Wushu College, Cao Zhou Wushu Museum and Dongming Oriental Wushu School have more than1000 students. Five counties, including Shan County, Yuncheng, Juye, Mudan District and Juancheng, were named "Hometown of Wushu" by the State Sports Commission. Yuncheng Songjiang Martial Arts College, Shanxian Martial Arts Museum and Dongming Oriental Martial Arts School were rated as the top 100 martial arts schools in China. Mass Wushu activities spread all over urban and rural areas. 80% of towns and 40% of administrative villages in the city have Wushu fitness activities. There are more than 300,000 people participating in Wushu in the city, and martial arts practitioners of all ages can be seen everywhere. In recent years, the level of running martial arts schools has gradually improved, and outstanding talents have emerged in batches. Out of the national Wushu all-around champion, modern China Wushu champion, weightlifter, basketball player Mu and so on. In particular, the martial arts dance "Dog Baby Playing in Spring" of Yuncheng Sung River Martial Arts Academy has spread all over the country, jumped out of the country and went to the world. The "hometown of calligraphy and painting" is well known. There are many famous painters and calligraphers in Heze history. The families of Chao, He and Cao Shi in Song Dynasty all left valuable historical heritage for calligraphy and painting. Famous modern painters include Niu Yongheng and Li Meichuan, and modern painters include Chao Mei, Tian Boping, He Fanghua, Zhang Deti, Bao Beiwu and Lu Feng. The real mass activities of calligraphy and painting are accompanied by reform and opening up. In recent years, it has developed rapidly, with a large number of painters and calligraphers, painting and calligraphy fever spread all over urban and rural areas, various painting and calligraphy exhibitions at all levels have continued, the painting and calligraphy team has gradually grown, old authors are not old, and rising stars have emerged one after another. There are more than 20 painting and calligraphy associations and painting and calligraphy research associations in the city, 5 members of the National Calligraphy Association and Artists Association, and more than 200 members of the Provincial Artists Association and Calligraphy Association. Hundreds of calligraphy and painting competitions, exhibitions, pen meetings and other activities are held every year, and nearly 100 full-time (amateur) schools (classes) specializing in calligraphy and painting and fine arts are established. There are more than 300 calligraphy and painting marketing outlets in the city, with more than 2,000 employees, forming a cultural industry army with one-stop production, supply and sales.