Since liberation, especially since the reform and opening up, culture, education, health and other social undertakings in northern Jiangsu have been developed significantly. In recent years, the county party committee, the county government adhere to the market-oriented, vigorously promote the process of industrialization of social undertakings, so that it becomes a real market player, in the market competition has been unprecedented development. At present, the county *** there are all kinds of educational institutions 963, including national model high school and provincial key middle school each one. There are 326 new private educational institutions, with 140 million yuan invested in fixed assets, and a number of private schools with advanced teaching facilities have emerged. Urban and rural hospitals and health centers are reasonably configured, and the county people's hospital and the county hospital of traditional Chinese medicine in the urban area are equipped with advanced equipment and strong technology. The county township health centers have all completed the privatization of the restructuring, the establishment of more than 10 private hospitals, the birth of the North Jiangsu Ophthalmology Hospital, Mercy Hospital, Pentaplasty Hospital, Cardiovascular Hospital, Ping'an Hospital and a number of large-scale, up-grade privately-run medical institutions. The funeral industry has been newly developed, with private investment in Tianfu Park Cemetery and Wanfu Funeral Hall, the only star funeral hall in North Jiangsu Province. Local colorful Huaihai opera, boy opera, Huaihai drum and gong, qin book, flower boat, fast board and other forms of literature and art developed rapidly, literature, drama, music, music, painting, calligraphy, photography, sculpture, as well as radio, television and other art disciplines unprecedented prosperity, the county, townships, villages and the three-tier cultural network is gradually formed.
Subei has a history of more than 2,000 years. There is the Tancheng country built in the ninth year of Lu Chenggong's reign (582 years ago), the ruins of which can still be found 20 kilometers northwest of today's Shu City. During the Former Han Dynasty, the ancient cities of Houqiu, Jianling, Yinping, Xiucheng, Linjia, Huawen, and Suimu in Donghai County were all located in the area. In the Later Han Dynasty, Jianling County was incorporated into Houqiu County. In the Jin Dynasty, Yinping County was also incorporated into Houqiu County. In the 12th year of Yuanjia in Song Dynasty, Hauqiu County was abolished and became Xiangben County. Until the 6th year of Jianqing in the Northern Zhou Dynasty (556), Huaiwen County was changed to Shuyang County, and the name of the county has been used up to the present day.
With such a long history and being the location of an ancient city, Shuyang County has a lot of historical monuments and cultural heritages. Such as the Neolithic Zang Dun and the Six Dynasties tombs, the Western Zhou Dynasty Meng Dun, Yin Dun, the former Han Dynasty Houqiu, Yinping Fangcheng site, the Song Dynasty, the great scientist Shen Kuo left his work of water management and the birthplace of Yu Ji Yu Ji ditch, Yu Ji Temple, Jiulongkou, the King's Bridge, etc.; Ming Dynasty, the anti-Japanese general Liu silk braided barracks, the Qing Dynasty, the poet of the sex school Yuan Mei Yuan Gongteng left behind and the ancient elegant and elegant free hall. Some of them have been decorated and embellished, and some of them are listed as national protected cultural relics. These historical and cultural relics often make Shuyang people proud. The northern part of Jiangsu Province was a place of strife in ancient times and has recently become one of the old revolutionary areas. In the Northern Song Dynasty, Song Jiang's army was active in the area of Hai and Shu, and in the Southern Song Dynasty, Han Shizhong fought against the Jin Dynasty. During the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, a peasant army led by Yuyuan Mountain rose up against the rule of the Qing Court. During the democratic revolution, comrades Liu Shaoqi, Chen Yi, Huang Kecheng, Zhang Aiping, Li Yilu and other revolutionaries of the old generation led the revolutionary struggle here.