编修地方志,是中华民族的优秀文化传统,是华夏文明的重要组成部分,是中国人对世界文化宝库的贡献之一。地方志是中华民族特有的文化瑰宝,其发展已有两千多年的历史。地方志还是重要的地方文献,是一个地区、一个部门、一个行业的史书,其资料均取于当地的档案、访册、谱牒、传志、碑金碣、石、测绘、笔记、信札、诗文集等原始材料,蕴含着丰富详实的地情资料,因而为中外古今人士所瞩目,并享有“地方百科全书”的美誉。正是如此,千百年来 Editing local chronicles is an excellent cultural tradition of the Chinese nation, an important part of the Chinese civilization, and one of the Chinese contributions to the world’s cultural treasure trove. Local history is a unique cultural treasures of the Chinese nation, its development has more than two thousand years of history. Local history is also an important local document. It is a history book of a region, a department and an industry. Its data are collected from local archives, visitors’ books, genealogies, biography, tablets of gold, stone, surveying and mapping, notes, letters, And other original materials, contains rich and detailed information on the situation, which attracted the attention of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign, and enjoy “local encyclopedia ” in the world. That’s it, for thousands of years