Vernacular Culture
Xiajin County is located at the border of Qi and Zhao, which was the land of Zhao in ancient times. In the old records, it is said that the people of Xiajin "have always had the wind of Yan and Zhao" and "the nature of the people is brave and straight", which has formed the characteristics of the rough and bold folk culture.
Dialect Culture
Xiajin dialect belongs to the North China sub-dialect of the northern dialect, Shandong dialect group. XIAJIN words to the county as a representative of the words, XIAJIN County is not very different, only in the village of HouTun (now belongs to SuLiuZhuangZhen) to the north of slightly with the original EnXian (now belongs to the county of plains) the same; in the city 15 kilometers west of the town of baimahu town of nine camps, DuDi more than ten Zhuang people's accents are slightly close to the LinQing words.
Folk Art
Historically, the main traditional cultural activities in Xiajin County are stilt walkers, drummers, lion dancers, dragon lanterns, dry boats, and small operas (also known as "small tunes"), etc. Among them, stilt walkers and drummers are the most popular. Among them, stilts and drums are the most common. Martial arts programs have Taiji, Bagua, Shaolin, Wuzi and other schools. One of the most local characteristics of the Taijiquan Du Rut San, the sword of the "Taiji thirteen-style", "five-star hammer" and other martial arts routines, has been rearranged for the world. The former deputy director of the Sports Commission Du Jianzhong's taijiquan has won awards in provincial and municipal competitions, its boxing has been organized into a book, published and distributed. Every year at the Lantern Festival, Xiajin County has a unique Lantern Festival, in which the program is dominated by drums and stilts as well as opera troupes singing.
Traditional crafts
Sculpture
Xiajin folk crafts are mainly sculptures of gods and goddesses, furniture carving, and toy making. Its form is the table and chairs and other utensils lace pattern carving, the content of the "auspicious", "Ruyi", "Fukushou", etc., with "grasshopper tooth The content is mostly "good luck", "Ruyi", "Fukushu", etc., with "grasshopper teeth", "grass", "flowers and birds", "landscapes" and other motifs. Toys made of clay and wood figures, animals and beasts. There are tigers, lions, people and so on.
Paper cutting
Xiajin paper-cutting composition is simple, rough cutting method, is a popular folk traditional decorations. It is a favorite folk decoration. Spring Festival cut "Lunar New Year", "good luck"; wedding cut "mandarin ducks", "bat", "hold horns", "moon"; the old man's birthday cut "longevity peach", "pine and crane" and so on.
Painting
Xiajin painting and calligraphy art, known for its wide popularity, engaged in a number of people. People use painting and calligraphy to decorate the room, the style is always "in the hall", "screen", "mountain" based, mostly for the paper scroll. There are varieties of calligraphy, such as Chinese calligraphy, Chinese calligraphy, Chinese calligraphy, Chinese calligraphy, Chinese calligraphy, and Chinese calligraphy. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, the calligraphy of the more famous Li Shikui, Li Yuying, Liu Xiaoshan; enriched the cultural life of the people in urban and rural areas of Xiajin County.