Changxing has a prosperous economy and developed culture. Lu Yu of Cha Sheng named Gongcha Zizun Tea and recorded it in Tea Classic. Huzhou assassins Yan Zhenqing, Zhang Wengui and Du Mu personally supervised the tea. Song Dynasty poets Jiao Ran, Bai Juyi, Su Shi and Huzhou magistrate Wang all came here to drink tea and compose poems.
Changxing is a battleground for military strategists in past dynasties. Yue Fei, a famous anti-Jin general, fought against Jin Wushu in the winding ridge (6 kilometers northeast of xian county).
At the end of Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang sent general Geng Bingwen to defend the city in Changxing 10. Being outnumbered, they defeated Zhang Shicheng and laid the foundation for the southeast of the Ming Dynasty.
In the middle of Ming Dynasty, Gui Youguang and Wu Cheng'en, famous literati, served as Changxing County Magistrate and Cheng County Magistrate respectively, leaving a much-told story in the literary world.
In the 11th year of Guangxu (1885), Zhang Du, assistant minister of the Ministry of War and painter, donated money to expand Ruoxi Academy.
Abstract: Changxing is the hometown of Chen Baxian, the founding emperor of Chen Dynasty, and still retains the sacred well where he bathed in the world. Cha Sheng Lu Yu wrote his masterpiece Tea Classic in Changxing, becoming the founder of China tea culture, and Changxing became the birthplace of tea culture. In the middle of Ming Dynasty, Gui Youguang, a great essayist, and Wu Cheng'en, a novelist, jointly ruled Changxing County. The three steles, Preface to Shengjing Ming, Mengdingtang Story and Changxing County Name, written by Gui and Wu, are still well preserved. Wu Cheng'en has accumulated a lot of materials for writing Journey to the West in Changxing County. Changxing also preserves the original works of Zhao Mengfu, a great painter and calligrapher in Yuan Dynasty. Changxing's folk art is also very rich, including the wonderful folk art "Baiyelong", which represents the country's visit to Southeast Asian countries and participates in the New Year Lantern Festival in China and New Zealand, as well as the religious culture in fairy mountain, and the Changxing limestone reserve, which is listed as a world geological heritage and named "Golden Nail". Changxing, an old revolutionary base area, has a state-level cultural relics protection unit and the former site of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Military Command of the New Fourth Army, and is known as "Little Yan 'an in the south of the Yangtze River".