Dawang Town has a profound cultural heritage and a glorious revolutionary tradition. From ancient times to the present, many people with lofty ideals have come out here. There is an old folk jingle: "There is Lijia Bridge in the north and Dawang Bridge in the south. There are countless lions in Lijia Bridge, and the generals in Dawang Bridge are really majestic." The meaning is that Lijiaqiao produces civil servants and Dawangqiao produces generals.
Dawang Town has produced a large number of literati and celebrities in its history. For example, Li Zhongxing, a Jinshi in the 38th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1610), Li Huanzhang, Qiduan of the Song Dynasty, etc. were famous scholars in the Qing Dynasty. (1848～1915), also known as Bozhuang and Mozhuang. A native of Yangzhuang Village, Xiying Township, Guangrao County (now Dawang Town). In the second year of Guangxu (1876), he passed the imperial examination. He once served as a lecturer in Boping County (now Chiping, Shandong). Good at calligraphy. From the Tang and Song Dynasties to the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties, various stone carvings have been copied almost everywhere. His handwriting is strange, eccentric, strong and powerful. It combines the strengths of other calligraphers and forms its own style. People at that time said that he was "as good as Zheng Banqiao". His books "The Ship Pavilion" and "Rebuilding the Stele of Xinqing River in Shandong" have neat fonts and rubbings are widely circulated. Connoisseurs of the art of calligraphy rank his calligraphy among the great masters.
In the history of modern revolutions, there are many famous generals with royal status. For example, Dr. Sun Yat-sen's chief of bodyguard Deng Tianyi, and Li Yannian and Li Yutang among the famous "Three Lis" in the Kuomintang military circles. According to statistics, there are 46 students from Huangpu and Baoding military academies in Dawang Town, 13 of whom have been awarded the rank of general. Among the list of generals of the People's Liberation Army, there are also many from Dawangzhen, such as General Zhang Taiheng, Major General Ding Laifu, etc. (1912～1983), formerly known as Ding Zhixia, was a native of Dawang Town, Guangrao County. In 1933, he studied at the First Rural Normal College of Shandong Province in Jinan and served as the chairman of the school's Anti-Japanese Salvation Association. In April 1937, he went to Yan'an to study at the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University. During the Anti-Japanese War, he successively served as the democratic movement officer of the Political Department of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the chief of the first section of the Fuping County Government in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region, the secretary-general of the Fuping County Government, the director of the Tang County Workers' Anti-Japanese Salvation Association, and the Tang County Prefectural Committee of the Communist Party of China Director of the Propaganda Department, Secretary of the Tang County Party Committee, Secretary-General of the Beiyue District Party Committee, Director of the Democratic Movement Department of the 4th Division Prefectural Committee, Secretary of the 4th Division Prefectural Committee and Political Commissar of the Military Division. During the War of Liberation, he served as Secretary of the District Committee of the 2nd Division of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei and Political Commissar of the Military Division, Political Commissar of the 1st Column and 1st Brigade of the Field Army of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, Political Commissar of the 196th Division of the 9th Corps of the North China Military Region, and Director of the Organization Department of the Political Department of the 20th Corps. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he successively served as deputy director of the Organization Department and deputy director of the Political Department of the North China Military Region, director of the Organization Department of the Political Department of the 9th Corps of the People's Liberation Army, director of the Organization Department of the Political Department of the 9th Corps of the Volunteer Army, deputy director of the Political Department of the Volunteer Army, and 66th Army of the People's Liberation Army. Political Commissar, Political Commissar of the 63rd Army, First Secretary and Director of the Party Committee of the Central Broadcasting Bureau, Deputy Director of the Political Department of the PLA General Staff Department and Deputy Secretary and Acting Secretary of the Party Committee of the Corps, Director of the Political Department of the General Staff Department, Advisor to the Communications Corps Department of the General Staff Department . He is a representative of the Third National People's Congress. In September 1955, he was awarded the rank of major general. Won the August 1st Medal, the First-Class Independent Medal of Freedom, and the First-class Liberation Medal. In the war to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea, he was awarded the North Korean Flag Medal Level 2 (2 medals) and the Independence Medal of Freedom Level 1 and Level 2.