The honor of Dancheng
Dancheng people especially love calligraphy. Historically, Dong Qichang and Wang Duo once lived in Dancheng, leaving behind precious calligraphy works. A number of influential calligraphers appeared in modern times, such as Wang Zutong, Yanzhao Zhu and Liu Chengzhi. Dancheng has national calligraphy and painting members 10, 59 provincial members, more than 2,000 members of city and county calligraphy associations, more than 30,000 people studying calligraphy, and nearly 200,000 people like calligraphy. On June 2, 20081day, Dancheng was named "the hometown of calligraphy in China".