Santai has a long history and rich cultural heritage. In the history of the Northern Song Dynasty, Su Yijian, Su Shunqin and Su Shunyuan were also known as Tongchuan Susan, and they were known as one scholar and two scholars. Li Jie, Chen Ziang and Li Jue, great poets in the Tang Dynasty, were all born in Santai. As for the foreign writers and poets living in Santai, they are even more spectacular, such as Yang Jiong, Lu, Li Bai, Du Fu, Zhang Jiuling, Wei, Lu Lun, Han Yu, Liu Yuxi, Jia Dao, Su Shi, Wen Tong, Yang Wanli, Li Tiaoyuan and Zhang Wentao. They all left many precious poems and ink marks for future generations.
Modern doctor
Xiao Longyou, a master of modern Chinese medicine, is a leader in Chinese medicine, and is praised by his peers as the "crown of four famous doctors" in Beijing.
Modern industrialist
Chen Kaiyun, a silk giant, is the first industrialist in Sichuan who combines agriculture, industry and commerce.
Modern literati
Today, there are countless three famous people: poets Ye Chuan, Li Changkong, Buyi, Xie Yun, writers Dai Li and Jasmine Zhang.
Modern music
Luo Zhongrong, a famous musician (masterpiece "How nice beyond the mountain", folk music ensemble "Moonlit Night on the Spring River" and so on. ), Deng Yuping (the lyricist of Girl in Alishan), Gong Longkun (the famous conductor of the front-line song and dance troupe of Nanjing Military Political Department), and Licensing Jing (the pioneer and founder of China Music Higher Education, Sichuan Music Education, and the founder of Sichuan Conservatory of Music and Southwest Normal University Conservatory of Music). Li Jiehui, a young musician, is a member of China Light Music Society, a member of Music Professional Committee of China Popular Culture Society, a member of Sichuan Musicians Association, a member of Sichuan Piano Society, and a leader of Mianyang Music Discipline. He has been invited by the Central Ministry of Culture for many times to participate in the national children's song writing pen meeting and collection activities, and his work Dream of Little Angels has been well received by famous domestic composers such as Gong Yaonian, Wu Jiaji, Zhang Zhuoya and Gu Chunyu. Representative works include Dream of Little Angels, Shangniutou Temple (a poem by Du Fu in Tang Dynasty) and Little Girl Carrying Water. , his biography was selected into China Musicians Dictionary by People's Publishing House.
Modern calligrapher
Famous calligraphers Luo Ziping, Zhou Zhencheng, painters Long Ronghua, Zhao Dexian, photographer Yuan, etc., make Santai a charming city with rich cultural heritage.