Fuan is one of the earlier developed areas in Fujian Province with a more developed culture. The poems of Xue Lingzhi, a scholar of the Tang Dynasty, are the earliest recorded literary works in the area. In the Song Dynasty, there were many scholars and writers, and the literary achievements of Xie Ao, a patriotic poet at the end of the Song Dynasty, were particularly notable. In the Ming Dynasty, the poems and writings of Guo Wenzhou, Huang Kushi, and Liu Zhongzao were all famous. In the Qing Dynasty, the poems and writings of Chen Congchao and Li Zhiqing were also highly praised. In addition, there are as many as 17 calligraphers and painters in Fu'an who are listed in the Dictionary of Chinese Artists. During the Republic of China period, Fuan Library and People's Education Center were opened successively, and mass culture was emphasized by people from all walks of life, and performances became more and more frequent. During the Anti-Japanese War, theater activities were especially active. In 1943, Southern Daily (East Fujian edition) was founded in the county, and literary activities were very active. During this period, Liu Zonghuan, a writer of the Left League, was famous for his poems, Zhang Baishan's novels came to prominence, and the paintings of Guo Liang and Huang Baofang took their place both at home and abroad.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, in 1950, the territory opened a cable broadcasting station in 1952, set up a broadcasting station in 1953 to open the rural broadcasting. 1959, the county has a library, a revolutionary memorial hall, the Workers' Club, a theater, a cultural station and other cultural activities in 26 facilities, film projection team, theater, cultural groups such as the cultural performances of the Troupe, 22, the Xinhua Bookstore 8, with a team of more than 100 people, and a cultural center. There are also 8 Xinhua bookstores, and a backbone team of more than 100 people for literary and artistic creation. Literary creation, film, drama, music and dance, and news reporting have all achieved good results. 1965, the county's 313 brigades through the radio. After the beginning of the "Cultural Revolution", cultural work has been seriously damaged, many cultural relics were burned, monuments were destroyed, and the cultural people were criticized. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Central ****, cultural work has been re-emphasized, and literary and artistic creation is becoming more and more prosperous.
In 1990, the city has more than 400 people in the backbone of literary and artistic creation. It has edited and published "Chinese Folk Literature Integration-Fujian Volume" Fuan Folk Tales, Proverbs and Ballads sub-volume, 145 pieces of literary works were published in newspapers and magazines above the regional level, and 56 pieces of art works, 62 pieces of calligraphy works, and 47 pieces of photography works were exhibited and published in units above the regional level.
As of 2013, Fuan City has more than 200 places for various cultural and sports activities such as municipal sports centers, basketball gymnasiums, libraries, cultural halls, she folklore halls, movie theaters, film and entertainment complexes, revolutionary memorial halls, she museums, and other cultural and sports activities, including libraries with a collection of 145,700 books. Fuan has many sports talents, and has cultivated Chen Xinhua, Zheng Xueping, Lin Zhongzai, Liu Zhaowu, etc. In 1992, Fuan was awarded the honorary title of "National Advanced County in Sports" by the National Sports Committee. In 1992, Fuan City was awarded the title of "National Sports Advanced County" by the National Sports Committee. Before the Qing Dynasty and its time, Fuan City people used traditional Chinese medicine to treat diseases. During the Hongzhi period of Ming Dynasty (1488-1505), Du Huai, the county governor, built a hospital in the city to treat lepers, which was the earliest government-run health service in Fuan. Qing along the Ming system, the county Yamen set up a medical training program, in charge of medicine and health matters. Qing Xianfeng eight years (1858), Longtaiheng pharmacy opened in the county, the store employed a sitting doctor, but also medical and pharmaceutical, and also operates in the wholesale of traditional Chinese and adult medicines, was the county's largest traditional Chinese medicine store.
Republic of China 6 years (1917), the Catholic Church in the creek to fill the nursery in the first use of Western medicine, Western medicine. In the 26th year of the Republic of China, the county health center was established. Until 1949, the county has 3 hospitals, 22 Western medicine clinics, Chinese medicine stores (stores) 152, but poor equipment, lack of medicines, low level of medical technology, encountered critical and difficult diseases, often do not get effective treatment, coupled with poor preventive measures, there are epidemics.
After 1949, the medical and health facilities continue to improve, the team continues to grow, the level of medical care increased significantly. 1990, the city has 1,402 medical and health professionals and technicians, an average of 3.38 square kilometers of territory that is a medical and health institutions, more than 230 people per that is a medical and health personnel. The First Regional Hospital in the city and city hospitals at all levels have more than 120 sets of sophisticated medical equipment and 966 beds. More than 97% of the villages in the city have built health centers, forming a four-level network of health care at the district, city, township and village levels. Smallpox and bubonic plague have been eradicated from the territory, and all kinds of infectious and endemic diseases have been effectively controlled; infant and maternal mortality rates have dropped significantly, women's diseases have decreased, the people's health level is improving, and the average life expectancy of the population has been lengthened.
In 2013, Fuan City has 579 various types of medical and health institutions at all levels, of which there is one hospital at Ningde City level (Mindong Hospital is a triple A), five municipal medical and health units, (City Hospital, City Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine is a Grade 2B hospital, National Hospital, Maternal and Child Health Center, and Disease Prevention and Control Center), three community health service centers, 17 township health centers (four central health centers) , 481 village health centers, 57 individual clinics, 13 medical rooms in factories, mines and schools, 1 private medical institution (Fuan Concord Hospital), 1 psychiatric sanatorium (Fuan Psychiatric Sanatorium). In the Tang Dynasty, there was a book school in the northwest township of Changxi County (present-day Fuan City).
Republic of China (R.O.C.) period, the development of education was slow. Republic of 18 years (1929), Fuan has 45 elementary school, 2484 students. In 1929, there were 45 elementary school in Fuan with 2484 students. In 1929, the number of elementary school increased to 69 with 3145 students. During this period, also founded a kindergarten and middle school. Secondary specialized schools were opened to cultivate much-needed teacher training and agricultural talents for the eastern part of Fujian Province. During the Republic of China period, there were more than 60 university students and 20 foreign students in Fu'an.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, education developed rapidly. By 1965, the county had 851 elementary school with 36,934 students, and 4 middle schools with 2,234 students. After the beginning of the "Cultural Revolution", the education cause was impacted, under the slogan of "studying in elementary school without going out of the village, studying in secondary schools without going out of the community", the number of schools increased, but the teachers were insufficient, and the management was not lawful, and in the course of the curriculum reform, the teaching material system was disturbed, and the blind emphasis was placed on labor practice, and the books were ignored. In the course of curriculum reform, the textbook system was disrupted, blindly emphasizing labor practice, belittling book knowledge, and neglecting the teaching of cultural subjects, and the quality of teaching seriously declined.
After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Chinese ****, the focus of the school work to the teaching side. 1983, the people's government efforts to improve the conditions of the school, since 1984 to 1990, the city **** invested 36,562,000 yuan, the new building and expansion of the school building 510, with a floor area of 174,000 square meters. 1990, the city has three junior colleges, vocational high school 4, 18 general secondary schools, 1064 elementary school. There were 17,620 secondary school students and 67,903 elementary school students. Every 10,000 people have 332 and 1,303 primary and secondary school students respectively. 1951 to 1990, the city **** graduated 175,600 elementary school students, 84,100 secondary school students, admitted to colleges and universities 4,624, admitted to 4076 junior colleges, admitted to the technical school 622, the city's cultural quality of the population has improved significantly.
As of 2013, Fuan City has 253 schools of all levels and types, with 5,749 in-service public teaching staff and 100,906 students. Among them, there are 27 general middle schools with 16,200 junior high school students and 15,091 senior high school students; 151 elementary school (including teaching points) with 41,758 elementary school students; 69 kindergartens (including 44 private ones) with 23,245 children in the parks; 2 secondary vocational schools with 4,612 secondary students; and 1 each of nine-year school, special education school, teachers' further education school and electric university. There are also 1 Min Dong Health School and 1 Vocational and Technical College within the jurisdiction. 2011 passed the provincial assessment and acceptance of "Double High and Nine" and "Two Supervisors", and was awarded the provincial "Advanced Municipality of Education" and "Advanced Municipality of Higher Education". In 2011, it passed the provincial assessment and acceptance of "Double High and Nine" and "Two Supervisors", and won the "Advanced City in Education Work" and "High-level and High-quality Popularization of Nine-Year Compulsory Education" in the province. Fuan provincial level standard school Fuan first middle school Fuan second middle school national secondary school