沂蒙山区长期以来经济贫穷,文化也落后,广大劳动人民祖祖辈辈很少有读书识字的。抗战时期,共产党八路军在这里开辟了根据地。中共沂蒙党组织十分重视文化建设,在发展初、高级小学的同时,还建立起了许多冬学、识字班、夜校等。据1941年3月《大众日报》记载,鲁中沂蒙区已有冬学60 Yimeng Mountain has long been economically poor and its culture is backward. The majority of working people rarely have literacy reading ancestral generations. During the war of resistance against Japan, the Eighth Route Army of the Communist Party opened up a base here. The CPC Yimeng Party Organization attaches great importance to cultural construction. While developing primary and high-level primary schools, many winter schools, literacy classes and night schools have also been established. According to the March 1941 “Volkswagen Daily” records, Shandong Yimeng District has a winter school 60