The town used to be under the jurisdiction of Aotou City of Gaoliang County (details can be found in the wikipedia entries of Gaoliang, Maoming, Aotou City, etc.), with a long history of culture and a deep cultural heritage, known as the "Township of Culture". As early as during the period of cooperativization, the town set up a culture room and ran a large-scale propaganda and communication publication "Lanshi Literary Art", which was once interviewed by a reporter from the "Western Guangdong Farmers' Newspaper". The town resumed the establishment of Lan Shi Poetry Society in 2002. The publication "Lan Shi Poetry" adheres to the direction of advanced culture as its guide, and vigorously carries forward the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation and the current guidelines and policies of the Party. The town's masses have also always loved the music and art performances of blowing, playing and singing, Lan Shi music and art society established in 2003, often organizing and carrying out all kinds of music and art performances, which greatly enriches the cultural and entertainment life of the masses.
Wu Chuan City, Lan Shi Town, Lan Shi village has a deep cultural heritage, celebrities throughout the ages, many cultural relics and monuments. But the outside world, including the Wuchuan people know little about this cultural village hidden in the bosom of the unknown.
In the village built a cultural park, not far from the cultural park to the east, is a colorful and ancient "and the first alley. Inside the alley, there are four major mansions that symbolize the fame of the Shi version of the clan: Squire's Mansion (Kejia Di), Yayuan Mansion (Yayuan Di), Jinshe Mansion (Jinshe Mansion), and Shimin Mansion (Batuwon Di). Among them, Shiminfu has also produced three tributary students, three martyrs, and an inspector of the KMT Central Committee, and is known as "Double Three Members". The main wall of these and the first house is made of red bricks, the top of the layer of tile, shaped like a dragon ridge horns. Four mansions adjacent to each other, located in the majestic, quite spectacular. These four mansions were built in the Qing Dynasty, the end of the dynasty, although it has experienced more than 300 years of wind and rain, but the style still exists, in silence to witness the splendor of the history and culture of Lan Shi.
In addition to the four mansions, the village also had three major study halls in the ancient times that were famous among the neighbors: Qiangshanshai, Shengchunjikan and Xianrhinoxuekan, all of which were taught by the tributary students. Because it is recruited by the students are with a certain classical literature foundation to "quench" the scholar, can be compared with the "academy", is a higher institution of learning in the feudal era. At the beginning of the last century, the school was still in operation, and the premises remained. Lan Shi deep cultural heritage is thus a glimpse.
Construction of a new socialist countryside after the horn blew, the village in the scientific concept of development under the leadership of the village, take measures to build a new cultural rural areas. First, the establishment of a poetry club. Regular publication of "Lan Shi Poetry", given to the villagers to read, organized poetry training courses to improve the cultural literacy of farmers. Poetry club *** now has 28 members, published "Lan Shi Poetry" 24 issues, members of the provincial and municipal newspapers and magazines published more than 300 poems, awards 6 times. The second is the establishment of the Society. There are now 29 members in the society, many of whom are famous artists of the former rural Cantonese Opera Troupe. After tea, the villagers get together to play music and have a good time. Third, the establishment of the formation of "rice-planting song team", "lion dance team" and "team". On weekdays, villagers play tai chi and dance in the park; on festive occasions, the rice-planting team and lion dance team come out to perform; the village committee organizes table tennis matches and basketball matches, guiding the public to participate in useful cultural and sports activities. Fourth, the establishment of charitable foundations and scholarships. Help the disadvantaged groups, reward outstanding teachers and students, in the village to form a good culture of helping the elderly and the weak, respect for teachers and education. Fifth, building cultural positions. The village cultural activities center covers an area of 6,000 square meters, with a cultural room, poetry club, opera club, stage, cultural plaza, small parks, martial arts hall, etc., facilities are more complete, cultural room with villagers and local celebrities of calligraphy and painting works and more than 1,000 books for villagers to appreciate and read. Respect for the elderly and love for children, harmonious **** at the civilized countryside, the cultural atmosphere of respect for culture and virtue, the deep cultural heritage so that people feel the harmony and beauty of the new cultural socialist countryside picture is becoming clearer and clearer.