After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the number of scientific and technological personnel in Lu'an increased year by year. By the end of 1965, there were more than 13,000 professional scientific and technological cadres of various types in the city, an increase of more than 40 times from the more than 300 people in 1949. By the end of 1985, The number increased to 25,995, including 5,796 people with a college degree or above, accounting for 22.3%; 12,676 people with a technical secondary school degree, accounting for 48.8%.
As of 2013, Lu'an has 11 provincial-level engineering technology research centers and has achieved 23 municipal-level scientific and technological achievements and 16 provincial-level scientific and technological achievements, including 3 provincial-level science and technology awards. The city has a total of 58 national high-tech enterprises and a total of 157 high-tech products. The city has 7 provincial-level innovative (pilot) enterprises, 8 engineering technology research centers, 5 enterprises with superior intellectual property rights, 7 productivity promotion centers, and 16 enterprise technology centers.
In 2011, Jin'an District vigorously implemented people's livelihood projects, with a total investment of 397 million yuan throughout the year, an increase of 132 million yuan over 2010, of which 55.8 million yuan was provided by the district's fiscal support. In the Lu'an area, there are descendants of academic research and literary creation from generation to generation. Their works include special treatises on astronomy, geography, history, politics, military, economics, education, medicine, etc., as well as special collections of literary works such as poems, lyrics, songs, and poems, including some Included in "Sikuquanshu".
At the end of 2010, Lu'an *** created more than 600 literary and artistic works, held more than 3,000 public welfare performances and exhibitions, and registered 1,729 immovable cultural relics in the third census of cultural relics. , with 6 national-level intangible cultural heritage lists and 24 provincial-level lists, the new Wanxi Museum with a total investment of 75 million yuan was completed and opened. The city currently has 6 libraries, 6 museums, 7 cultural centers, 4 art performance groups, 164 township (street) cultural stations (of which 88 comprehensive township cultural stations were built during the 11th Five-Year Plan), and 1,272 village-level farmhouses. There are 8,388 points connected to every village.
Gaotao culture
Gaotao was born in the 21st century BC after Shaohao, the son of the Yellow Emperor, and was the originator of Chinese justice. Gaotao is as famous as Yao, Shun and Yu, and is revered as the "Four Ancient Sages" by later generations. Yu appointed Gao Tao as his successor based on his character and merits and granted him power. However, Gaotao died before succeeding to the throne, so Yu granted Ying and Liuyi to his descendants. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was proud of Gaotao, the ancestor of the Li family, and posthumously named him "Emperor Deming" in the second year of Tianbao (743 AD).
The main contents of Gaotao culture are: the promotion of "Five Religions". The five teachings are "father's righteousness, mother's kindness, brother and friend, brother's respect (respect), son's filial piety". Set the "Five Rituals". The five rites are "auspicious, inauspicious, guest, military, and good". In order to commemorate Gaotao, later generations built Gaotao's tomb and Gaotao temple. Gaotao Tomb is a provincial key cultural relic protection unit. It is located in the east of Lu'an City. There is a yellow chestnut tree on the top, shaped like an umbrella canopy. There is a stone tablet in front of it, with the inscription "Ancient Gaotao Tomb" written by Wu Kun, the governor of Anhui Province in the Qing Dynasty.
Shou Chun Chu Culture
Chu culture is the product of the combination of the ancient Central Plains culture and the Chuman (today’s Jianghan area) regional indigenous culture. The basic elements are: bronze smelting technology, Textile and embroidery crafts, Lao-Zhuang philosophy, Qu Yuan's poetry and Zhuang Zi's prose, art, music and dance, etc. Shouchun Chu culture is a unique ancient culture formed by the mutual influence, penetration and integration of Huaiyi culture and Chu culture. Shouxian County is an "underground museum" of Chu culture. Its representative cultural relics include Chu Dading, Ejun Qijin Festival, Ying Yuan, etc.
Red Army Culture
Party organizations such as the Northwest Anhui Special Committee successively founded the "Red Flag", "Spark" fortnightly, "Red Flag" three-day magazine, "Soviet" weekly newspaper, etc. The "Hong Daily" published in Nanxi, Jinzhai in February 1932 was a daily magazine with the word "Red Sun" in red on the masthead and four pages. It had a great influence. The Red Army Cultural Troupe in the Wanxi Soviet Area mainly consists of propaganda teams, clubs and new theater troupes. From the spring of 1930 to the autumn of 1932, the Soviet governments in Lu'an, Huoshan, Huoqiu and other places in the Wanxi Soviet Area established new theater troupes. Those with greater influence include Hongri Theater Troupe and Jinjiazhai Theater Troupe. The main art forms of the Red Army culture in the Wanxi Soviet Area include ballads, dramas, paintings, etc.