Taoyuan has many cultural relics and monuments. Not far from the county town of Cailin City is the site of the late Spring and Autumn period, for the provincial-level key protection units. Peach Blossom Garden is not only a scenic spot, but also a cultural monument, with the remains of many great poets since the Tang Dynasty, such as Meng Haoran, Liu Yuxi, Li Bai, Wang Changling and other inscriptions and ancient buildings, which is a provincial key cultural relics protection units. In addition, there are "three pavilions and three towers", the Star Womb, Ma Aid stone room and other monuments throughout the county, as well as the Wuyunjie National Nature Reserve and so on. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Zhangjiang Academy, Taoxi Academy and a number of private schools, voluntary schools, comprising the county's education network, quite a large scale. Later, after reforms, to 907) in the 33rd year of Guangxu, the county had 28 new academies (including 1 middle school academy), with 1,005 students enrolled, and its number of academies and students ranked third among all states and counties in Hunan Province. Famous figures such as Song Jiaoren, Qin Zhen, Dong Weiji, Jian Bozan, etc. all came out from the above academies and schools, entered the outside world, and then joined the democratic revolution. During the Republic of China period, learning from the European and American bourgeois education system and education methods, the county has built more than 300 secondary teacher training schools, junior high schools and primary schools***. In 1949, the county*** had more than 1,000 teaching staff, and more than 5,100 students were enrolled in the teacher training schools, junior high schools and the central national elementary school. Created in the early Republic of China, the school is located in Taoyuan County, Hunan Province, the second women's teacher training school (today's Taoyuan Normal School), is the province's famous school, not only cultivated Chen Zhaoshen, Liu Pu, etc. Taoyuan women revolutionaries and including the famous writer Ding Ling, etc. outside the county, including a large number of outstanding talents, but also on the Taoyuan education career development also played a great role in promoting.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, although before the mid-1950s, by the constraints of weak economic strength, from the mid-1950s to the end of the 1970s, and has endured a number of serious "leftist" including the "Cultural Revolution" setbacks. "However, due to the fundamental superiority of the socialist system, coupled with the increasing economic strength of the county, Taoyuan's educational undertakings are still developing rapidly, with remarkable achievements. 1988, the county had 1 TV university, 4 specialized secondary schools, 11 senior high schools and complete middle schools under the county, 3 vocational high schools, 68 junior high schools run by townships and townships, 915 primary schools, 915 kindergartens and 915 primary schools, and 915 kindergartens and kindergartens. The county has 1 TV university, 4 secondary specialized schools, 4 senior high schools and complete middle schools***, 11 senior high schools and complete middle schools under the county, 3 vocational high schools, 68 junior high schools run by townships and towns, 915 elementary school, 733 kindergartens and pre-schools, and more than 8,700 teaching staff in service, 148,500 students and young children in schools and kindergartens, and the enrollment rate of school-age children is over 99%. The quality of teaching is constantly improving, and a large number of socialist-conscious and educated workers, peasants and intellectuals have been trained. The county's first middle school and Zhangjiang elementary school have long been listed as key schools in the country and Hunan province.
In 2011, the total investment in education in Taoyuan County reached 340 million yuan. Sixteen school safety projects were completed, 11 qualified schools and 3 township center kindergartens were built, and 1,500 new places were added in the county urban area. The rate of education in the first three years of preschool reached 86.2 %, and the academic examination results of high school ranked first in Changde City. In 1988, there were 5,821 scientific and technological personnel of all kinds in the county **** During the past 40 years, a number of scientific research achievements have been made, especially during the period from 1978 to 1988, **** There were 294 scientific research achievements and technological promotion achievements awarded at the county level or above, of which 9 were at the national level (including the ministerial level), 33 were at the provincial level in Hunan (including the departmental and bureau level), and 28 were at the level of Changde region (city).
In 2011, Taoyuan County, the implementation of more than 12 provincial science and technology projects, to obtain patent authorization of 94, Leixin technology included in the province's first batch of small and medium-sized enterprise intellectual property rights pilot units. "Rural tele-education + 12396 hotline" agricultural service model, scientific and technological specialists work to get the provincial and municipal recommendations. Taoyuan County folk traditionally popular Taoyuan Han Opera (now known as Wuling Opera) and Taoyuan Flower Drum Opera. Due to political and economic reasons, until the end of the Republic of China, the theater is almost the only cultural enjoyment of the county people. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the socialist ideology gradually took over the cultural positions, and culture gradually became an important means for the construction of socialist spiritual civilization, coupled with the promotion of economic development, the cultural cause of Taoyuan County is becoming more and more prosperous. Taoyuan Han Opera has been to Beijing several times to offer performances, a number of plays won the national and Hunan provincial awards.
From the 1950s, radio, film, television, books, mass culture and art and other cultural undertakings, such as the spring garden flowers, gradually blossomed, fighting for beauty. To 1988, in addition to the county cultural center, radio stations, cinemas, theaters, television stations, Xinhua Bookstore, libraries, workers' clubs and other cultural institutions and cultural venues, districts, townships (townships) have built cultural stations, radio stations, film projection teams and theaters, of which 28 districts, townships (townships) to build cultural centers, 3 townships (townships) to build the Amateur Drama Troupe. Literary creation has also achieved a lot of encouraging results, following the 50s to 70s, authors often have short stories and poems and other works published in newspapers and magazines at the provincial level and above, and in the 80s, there were a number of middle-aged and long novels and other works came out.
In 2011, Taoyuan County strongly promote the construction of public *** cultural service system, *** built 30 township comprehensive cultural station, 344 farm bookstore, and the county library, county cultural center and township comprehensive cultural station to realize the free opening. The end of the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, due to poor environmental health conditions, coupled with the lack of medical care, Taoyuan County, rampant disease, rampant plague. After the establishment of the Chinese people's *** and the country, in order to build social civilization, to protect the people's health, the county party committee and the county people's government attaches great importance to the development of health undertakings. the mid-50s, the health care institutions have been all over the county, to 1988, the county in addition to having the county's people's hospital, hospital of traditional Chinese medicine, disease prevention station, maternal and child health care, drug testing and other medical and health institutions, and there is a district, the township hospitals 11, township (township) health centers 53; *** have 1,678 beds, professional doctors and other health technicians 1,765, the equipment is more complete, medical technology also has a high level, capable of many high-precision surgery. The coverage rate of all types of vaccination is very high, and virulent infectious diseases are basically eliminated.
In 2011, Taoyuan County started the construction project of the county psychiatric hospital and completed the construction of 104 municipal model village health rooms. Compensation standards for the New Agricultural Cooperative Program (NACP) were raised by 10 percentage points, with the cap line reaching 100,000 yuan. Township health centers fully implemented the national basic drug system, with zero-differential-rate sales of drugs. The task of free cervical cancer screening for rural women of the appropriate age has been fully completed, and the rate of hospitalized deliveries for pregnant women has reached 100 per cent. Continue to maintain a low fertility level, "three checks and a cure" covering 250,000 people, social support fee collection rate increased by 9.8 percentage points, the implementation of the award funds 8.28 million yuan, was named the province's population birth control model county, the province's sunshine birth control demonstration of advanced counties.