Ningling county vigorously implements the strategy of strengthening the county through culture and constantly strengthens its cultural soft power. Follow-up management of cultural infrastructure projects such as Tian Ge Grand Theatre, Library, Group Art Museum, Cultural Relics Museum and Archives is progressing. Accelerate the pace of the construction of township comprehensive cultural stations, rural bookstores and cultural information resources. Ningling county actively promotes the development of commercial cultural industries. Support the "century-old brand" Liu Bizhuang, craft, blue butterfly craft and other key enterprises to become bigger and stronger.
Ge's hometown
20 10 On April 6th, at the opening ceremony of the 1st Ge Tianwen Art Festival and the 7th Pear Flower Festival, the China People's Association awarded Ningling County the plaque of "China Ge Tianwen's Hometown" and "Ge Tianwen's Research Center", and Ningling County was officially awarded the title of Ge Tianwen's Hometown.
Biography of Historical Records of Sima Xiangru contains "Dance of Playing, Song of Listening, Harmony of Thousands, Harmony of Ten Thousand ..." This is the ideal social scene pursued by ancient intellectuals in China. Ge is the ancestor of Chinese music, song and dance, and the music of Ge recorded in Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals, Bamboo Slips and Historical Records is an important source of Chinese music, poetry, dance, drama, agriculture, animal husbandry and health preservation. Ge is an important part of Yanhuang culture and Yellow River culture, so Ningling has become the hometown of music, singing and dancing in China.
education
Ningling County Senior High School, founded in 1934, is a model high school in Henan Province, formerly known as Ningling County Junior High School Class. Since its establishment, the road has been blue and tortuous. Through the efforts of several generations, the school has developed from a county junior high school class with only dozens of students to a provincial model high school with more than 5,000 students. The campus covers an area of more than 300 mu, with a building area of 30,062 square meters and a green area of 6,570 square meters.
Since the reform and opening up, Ningling Senior High School has been awarded the titles of "High-quality High School in Henan Province", "Advanced School of Safety Management in Henan Province" and "Demonstration School of Running Schools in Henan Province according to Law". It has also been recognized by the Provincial Department of Education as "Experimental School of Inquiry Learning in Senior High School" and "Experimental School of General Technology Curriculum in Senior High School".
After more than 70 years of ups and downs, Ningling Senior High School has created an arduous and profound humanistic spirit and school-running characteristics. Many outstanding alumni have been recruited all over the world.
From June 5438, 2006 to February 2006, he entered the ranks of demonstration high schools in Henan Province.
Ningling County No.2 Senior High School, also known as Chengguan Town Senior High School in Ningling County, is located in Dongguan Hui residential area in Ningling County, with more than 4,000 teachers and students.
China is the hometown of longevity.
Ningling County has a population of 650,000, including 56 centenarians, which is another longevity town in China. This is the news from the first China Healthy City Development Forum held in Beijing on June 2, 20 1 1. The China Longevity Hometown Appraisal Committee, composed of the organizers of the forum, identified Ningling County as "Longevity Hometown of China", making Ningling County one of the 12 Longevity Hometowns in China.
A delegation from the Selection Committee of China Longevity Town, composed of China People's Political Consultative Conference, the Editorial Board of People's Daily and Zhan Guoshu, the former editor-in-chief of People's Daily Overseas Edition, went deep into Ningling and made a serious on-the-spot investigation on the social and economic indicators of Ningling County, such as the city appearance, the health status of the long-lived elderly, labor security, health and epidemic prevention, greening and environmental protection. After careful evaluation, the expert group agreed that Ningling County's population structure, natural ecological environment, medical and health conditions, economic development, social old-age security, culture and sports and other indicators have reached or exceeded the evaluation standard of China's longevity town. Ningling County, Henan Province, was approved as the hometown of longevity in China, which is the second county and city in our province to receive this honor after Xiayi County.
With the rapid development of Ningling's economy and society and the improvement of people's quality of life, the life expectancy of the population has been continuously extended, and the number of centenarians has been increasing. There are 59,933 elderly people over 60 years old, 29,239 elderly people over 70 years old, 80 elderly people over 10802, and 56 elderly people over 100 years old, accounting for 10.07% and 4.9648% of the total population of the county respectively. There are 56 centenarians in Ningling County, accounting for 9/65438+ 10,000 of the total population. The average life expectancy of the county population is 75 years, which is 5 years higher than the national county level. Life, integrity and sustainability are excellent.
It is understood that most of China's longevity towns are located in the south, along the river. Ningling is one of the few northern cities in the existing longevity town, and the formation of its longevity phenomenon is closely related to the living environment, diet structure, living customs, respect for the elderly and the increasingly perfect social security system of local residents.