In response to the problem of "difficult and expensive access to medical care" for farmers, Longyan City launched the implementation of the "Hundred Hospitals Construction and Thousand People Training" project at the end of 2002 ("Hundred Hospitals Construction" means that the construction of more than 100 rural health centers will be strengthened. Focus on strengthening the construction of more than 100 rural health centers, investing special funds to improve the medical equipment of township health centers; "1,000 training" that is, for the township health centers to train 1,000 health care personnel), and for many years it has been included in the project for the people to do practical things for the people. 2008, the city's public **** health service system continues to be sound, the major communicable diseases Prevention and control of major infectious diseases was further strengthened; the construction of the city's second hospital branch, the People's Hospital Ward Complex began; township health centers "100 hospitals to enhance" project successfully promoted; urban residents' basic medical insurance, urban and rural medical assistance is fully implemented, the new rural cooperative medical participation rate of 95%.
At the end of 2008, the city*** had 189 health institutions of various types (excluding outpatient clinics and clinics), including 35 hospitals, 125 health centers, and 8 preventive health care institutions. At the end of the year the city **** there are 8,672 health technicians, of which 3,436 are doctors and 3,385 are registered nurses. At the end of the year, the city*** had 8,683 beds in health institutions, of which 8,178 were in hospitals and health centers. The number of villages with medical points in rural areas accounted for 90.75% of the total number of villages, and there were 3,401 rural doctors and health workers. Longyan is the famous Hakka ancestral land and famous overseas Chinese region, the important starting point and important gathering place for the formation of Hakka folklore, as well as China's famous old revolutionary area and central Soviet area. Longyan City vigorously supports the protection of important cultural heritage and intangible cultural heritage, promotes the red culture, Hakka culture, river culture and other cultural construction with local characteristics, and actively seeks to Yongding Tulou to be included in the list of world cultural heritage. 2004 January launched the Gutian meeting site group of cultural relics restoration, protection and utilization of the work, with a capital investment of nearly 13 million yuan; December 2005 and launched the Gutian meeting site group of maintenance and protection of the second phase of the project, completed the investment of nearly 13 million yuan. On July 6, 2008, Yongding Tulou, the "Fujian Tulou" in China, was formally inscribed on the World Heritage List at the 32nd World Heritage Conference, and the work of declaring Guanzhi Mountain as a World Natural Heritage site was started, and the construction of the second phase of the maintenance and protection of the Gutian Conference site group was completed.
The town of Gutian was listed as a national historical and cultural town, the revision of the Western Fujian Museum of Revolutionary History, the maintenance and protection of revolutionary traditional education bases, the construction of township cultural stations was successfully promoted, and activities commemorating the 125th anniversary of the birth of Mr. Hu Wenhu were successfully held.
In 2008, Longyan City added three new national intangible cultural heritage protection projects, the Gutian Conference site group maintenance and protection of the third phase of the project, the Longyan Museum revamping smoothly, completed 22 townships comprehensive cultural station renovation project. more than 20 natural villages are realized through the broadcasting and television, to complete the overall conversion of 130,000 households with cable digital television.
At the end of 2008, the city *** there are all kinds of performing arts groups 9, theaters, theaters 9, 1 mass art museum, 7 cultural centers, public **** 7 libraries, 740,000 book collection, 12 museums. The cultural system of all kinds of performing arts groups artistic performances 499, the audience 710,000 times; theater, theater performances (screenings) 5,081; radio integrated population coverage rate of 96.25%; TV population integrated coverage rate of 98.89%; cable TV users of 320,900 households, the household rate of 39.4%. The city publishes 253 kinds of books with a total print run of 322,000 copies; 11 kinds of newspapers with a total print run of 46,207,000 copies; and 23 kinds of periodicals with a total print run of 281,100 copies. By the end of 2007, the proportion of the city's sports population in Longyan accounted for 40%, reaching a national advanced level. Since 2001, the city's sportsmen and women have won 1 Olympic gold medal and 1 bronze medal in major events at home and abroad*** In 2008, in various competitions both at home and abroad, Longyan City's sportsmen and women*** have won 3 out of 4 world championships. The city *** there are farmers fitness project points 191, held above the county level competition 100 times, the number of participants 150,000 people. Annual sales of sports lottery 142.31 million yuan; the city selected Olympic torch runner **** 40. Six new fitness paths were built, of which about 300,000 yuan was invested by the municipal lottery public welfare fund to build six fitness paths. The annual sales of sports lottery tickets amounted to 13.707 million yuan. There are 1 "National High-level Sports Reserve Talent Base", 3 "Provincial High-level Sports Reserve Talent Bases" and 9 "Provincial Individual Sports Reserve Talent Bases".
In 2007, Longyan City carried out more than 80 national fitness activities with the theme of "national fitness and the Olympic Games", with 40,000 participants.
On October 28, 2006, the 13th Fujian Provincial Games opened in Longyan, which was the first time for Fujian Province to hold provincial games in mountainous areas, and was also the first time for Fujian Province to hold provincial games in mountainous areas. It was the first time that Fujian Province held provincial games in mountainous areas, and it was also the largest sports event with the largest number of items and participants, and it was the first time that sports delegations or sightseeing tours*** from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao participated in the games. Longyan team achieved 116 gold medals, the number of gold medals more than the previous 12 sessions of the total, ranked fourth after Fuzhou, Xiamen, Quanzhou, a historic breakthrough. 2007, the city hosted a series of large and medium-sized tournaments, the level of the competition to further improve. It has hosted three national competitions, four provincial competitions and six municipal competitions.
August 2008, the twenty-ninth Olympic Games held in Beijing. Minxi athletes Zhang Xiangxiang, Lin Dan, He Wenna, Shi Zhiyong selected by the Chinese delegation to the Olympic Games. Among them, Zhang Xiangxiang, Lin Dan, He Wenna respectively in the men's 62 kg weightlifting, badminton men's singles, women's trampoline project to win the gold medal, achieved the most brilliant achievements in the history of sports development in Longyan City. It is the city with the most Olympic gold medals in China. In 2008, 32,300 people were newly employed in towns and cities, reaching 406,600, 0.53 million more than the expected target. Throughout the year, 16,400 laid-off unemployed people realized re-employment, 0.34 million more than the expected target. The urban registered unemployment rate at the end of the year was 3.83%, a decrease of 0.12 percentage points compared with the end of the previous year, and controlled within the expected target of 4%.
In 2012, 23,807 people were newly employed in cities and towns, a decrease of 5.7 percent compared with the previous year. the registered unemployment rate in cities and towns at the end of 2012 was 2.46 percent, 0.1 percentage point higher than that of 2011. Marriage
The Hakka people in western Fujian have a distinctive style of wedding. After the male family wedding team arrived at the female home, the bride to stand in the door of a painted gossip Tai Chi figure in the rice sieve to change into new shoes, known as the "rice sieve", which is a symbol of leaving the mother's home of the living soil (wealth), to the in-laws to re-establishment. The bride is then carried out of the house, and when she gets into the car, her brother throws a bowl of water on the car, symbolizing that the woman who is married off is thrown out of the water. At this point, the bride will let out a deep cry. After arriving at the man's house, the bride has to cross the red-hot charcoal stove to show her "prosperity". Only after that will the wedding program begin.
Hakka Cold Hat
The Hakka cold hat has a history of more than 1,000 years. Hakka cool hat with a thin piece of scotch flakes or wheat straw braided, the top of the hat sewn cloth, in addition to the front of the hat around the rim, hanging five inches long colorful cloth, unmarried girls have to hang colorful ribbons on both ends of the hanging cloth. The colorful band is the sign of Hakka girl's marriage or not. In addition to the sun, rain and dust protection, the cool hat is also a unique headdress for Hakka women.
Gutian Dragon Tour
The Dragon Tour on the Lantern Festival is a traditional recreational activity in Gutian Town, Liancheng County, which began in 1751. Gutian paper dragon diameter of 70 centimeters, more than 600 meters long, consisting of one hundred and fifty sections, by more than 600 young and middle-aged people to participate in the dance, known as "the world's first dragon".
Western Fujian Puppet Theater
Puppets as many as 36, each puppet by more than 10 thread manipulation hanging, puppet body length of 77 centimeters, eyeballs will turn, mouth will open and close, limbs can move. Divided into Wen, Wu Sheng, Wen, Wu Sheng, Zheng, Wu, ugly, old Dan, Wen, Wu net and Wen clown and other roles. The repertoire of puppetry reaches several hundred kinds. The five counties of Longyan, Changting, Liancheng, Wuping, Shanghang, and Yongding, speak Hakka, which is a dialect of Hakka in western Fujian, and accounts for more than 70% of the local language; Xinluo District of Longyan City (the area of Longyan dialect of southern Fujian), and Zhangping City (Zhangping dialect of Zhangzhou, a dialect of the southern Fujian language system; in some areas such as Xinqiao of Xinqiao of Xinan, a dialect close to the Quanzhou area, a dialect of Quan), speak Southern Fujian language. In addition, Mandarin is widely spoken in the region.