Songxi has a prosperous literary style. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, Xu Jingchen founded the Songxi Poetry Society. Later, Xu Szuo, Xu Sichen and others invited the poets to be friends and chant and ponder. Xu Zongyi, Xu Zongbi, and Xu Zongpei successively took charge of its affairs, and the poetry society lasted for more than 120 years. Later, there were Xu Xieqing, Xu Yucheng, Wang Biwangyu, Xu Zigang, Shao Kongfang and others who worked on poetry and lyrics and continued the legacy of Songxi Poetry Society.
There are many famous calligraphers, painters and poets here. Xu Zijing of the Qing Dynasty painted beautiful figures, flowers and birds, all of which are vivid and unique, and many of them have been handed down from generation to generation. His "Tide Watching" shows the rolling river tide and the crowds of people on the long street, which are extraordinary and powerful, while the dignitaries on the pavilions are leisurely and contented. He is also good at painting ink dragons, with splashes of ink dripping, as if there are smoke waves coming and going, which is exquisite and fascinating. In modern times, Xu Pinyuan was rarely eager to learn, and he often recited books until the rooster crowed. At the age of 20, he ranked first in the Jinhua Mansion Examination and was elected twice more, but he was defeated by Ding You. So he decided not to pursue an official career and set up schools in this county and in Jinhua, Yiwu, Dongyang, Zhuji, Quzhou and other places. He often lived in the grasslands and never forgot state affairs. He wrote many times to discuss politics and exchanged letters with Kang Youwei and others. Promote equality between men and women and oppose women's foot binding. He is well versed in classics and history, good at poetry and prose, and good at calligraphy. He has written "Songxi Bi Gengji", "Ke Yicao", "Tongzi Diao", etc. Xu Ju is proud, smart and devoted to painting. Later, together with Zheng Yimen, Zheng Zilin and three other people, they became the Four Friends of Calligraphy and Painting, each of whom was good at plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum. He has devoted his life to painting freehand plum blossoms, with old stems and thin branches, large and small, dense and dense, and vigorous brushwork. Xu Xindeng was good at calligraphy and especially loved painting bamboo. And the collection is very rich. Xu Cha was good at poetry, calligraphy and painting. The calligraphy is original and original, using official seal script as running cursive, and the painting is elegant and fresh, with particularly long orchids and bamboos, which also serve as landscapes. Poems like to compose satirical poems to satirize old politics and powerful people. Xu Xinlian, a calligrapher from Yan Lugong, has a rich and powerful style, and is also good at freehand brushwork Lu Yan. Xu Xinquan is good at murals of figures, landscapes, flowers and birds. Especially good at wood carving. There are carved pieces of corbels, brackets and sparrows in Yanglin Village Flower Hall handed down from generation to generation. Its corbels are engraved with more than a hundred historical figures, interspersed with historical stories, with different movements, vivid expressions, exquisite composition, and skillful knife skills. Xu Tianxu was good at flowers and birds, especially eagles and eagles, and he was also good at painting figures. He taught successively at Shenyang Normal University, Anshan Normal University and Central Academy of Arts and Crafts.
There are also the father and son Xu Yifen and Xu Xin'an from the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, and the brothers Xu Shiqing and Xu Futang during the Republic of China. They were both good at calligraphy and have many handed down works. Villager Wang Yusheng lives in Canada and is the screenwriter of the film "Painted Skin".
The Songxi Society was established. Village cadres Xu Chengzhang, Xu Zuyong, and Xu Chengwei are all directors of the society. There are dozens of members, divided into groups such as poetry, calligraphy, painting, and science and technology. Literary and art enthusiasts often build Learn about poetry, calligraphy and painting, hold practice exhibitions, and carry out useful activities. When the Zhejiang Poetry Society was established, Songxi Society was invited to send representative Shao Jicai to attend, becoming the only village-run rural group member of the society.