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古往今来，德清堪称民风淳朴、尚德重义之地。
如今，遍布全县乡村的一座座和美乡风馆星罗棋布，形形色色的村落文化得以巧妙呈现。它既是乡村人文地理和现代社会文明的交汇点，又是富有泥土气息的村史民俗馆和当代乡贤祠。同时，也是村民百姓实现自我教育、培育文化自觉的理想场所。
和美乡风 精彩演绎
新市镇白彪村历史人文底蕴深厚，犹如一颗镶嵌于苎溪漾畔的水乡明珠。早在2005年，白彪村通过挖掘整理本土丰厚的历史人文资源，建成全县第一个乡村名人馆，各地参观者络绎不绝，白彪村也因此而远近闻名。如今，白彪村和美乡风馆先声夺人，令人大开眼界。
彪溪地处东横港、寺后川等河流汇合处，圣堂港横贯全村。瓦屋整齐，河埠方正，屋宇相接，户户毗邻。村里至今还遗存唐代精美的石刻经幢、古朴的清代石拱桥等历史文物，传统民间艺术如串灯皮影戏、挑箱滩簧戏；闻名江浙沪的旧木交易市场及特色农副渔产品等均入展乡风馆。让村民津津乐道的是一位特殊的“村民”，年逾八旬、现离休在家的许周瑛老太太，当年曾参加中国青年远征军20军204师611团，奔赴滇缅抗日战场。开馆那天，许老太太兴致勃勃参观乡风馆，回家后欣然挥毫书写“和美乡风”四个大字，表达心意。
2010年9月下旬，白彪村和美乡风馆还上了央视新闻联播节目，成为村民百姓们的美谈。淳朴的民风演绎为一笔最大的财富，前些日子，3名孔子故里山东曲阜客商来德清，当他们参观完白彪村和美乡风馆，了解村里一桩桩诚信礼让的故事后，当即签了贸易合同。客人还竖起大拇指说：“在这样的地方做生意交朋友，十分有幸！”
“年猪饭”美 热闹祥和
筏头乡后坞村青山绿水空气清新，秀美独特的地理环境成为乡风馆最大亮点。他们吸收了专业环境设计师的建议，将旧的大礼堂翻新改造修葺，铺设了山溪边捡来的鹅卵石，以原木翠竹为设计元素，向村民征集了不少山乡日常生产农具和生活用具，以实物布展，让人触手可及。人们一踏进乡风馆，那种尘封已久的山里人家过往的历史记忆就被唤醒。
后坞村盛产毛竹、小竹等山货，山民通过余英溪把山货运往大江南北。山溪一年四季不枯竭，每年放排两次，上半年放“杨梅红”、下半年放“白露排”。山民将毛竹捆扎成竹排，有时扎成两层，后面还拖上一排。顺水流漂放至筏头秋水潭，再转运武康等地。
每年白露后四日，山农用长柄钩梢刀削下毛竹的竹梢和壮枝，在阳光下晒干，扎成2.5公斤的把子，称“扫把”。一种从“二节龙梢”中精选出来的“金枝”，是毛料中的上品，做成笤帚光洁考究，色泽金黄，为东北地区民间闺女出嫁时必不可少的“嫁妆”。
每逢腊月中旬，后坞山村家家户户都宰头毛猪，请亲朋好友来聚餐，席上有红烧肉、咸菜烧肉、炒猪肝、猪血汤等菜肴，寓意共同品尝好菜好酒，祝福来年风调雨顺、六畜兴旺。这年俗也吸引都市游客纷至沓来，品尝山里人家的“年猪饭”，如此热闹欢乐场景再上央视，在荧屏播放。
桑蚕文化 乡村名片
走进新市镇厚皋村，最吸引眼球的是桑蚕文化主题公园，园内栽种千年老桑树，修建蚕花凉亭、古代蚕文化漫画墙。全长100多米的蚕文化长廊，采用水乡木廊结构建造，用木板刻字后搬上了长廊白墙，内容丰富多彩，不仅有本村土生土长的现代养蚕能手、省劳模陈子松的事迹介绍，还刻有宋代诗人杨万里的《咏蚕诗》、清朝李宗昉的《蚕事二十咏》等，重点介绍新市蚕花庙会、国家级非物质文化遗产《扫蚕花地》，以及祭蚕神、蚕花生日、请蚕花、戴蚕花、点蚕花灯、点蚕花火、烧田蚕、栽火桑、上蔟、浴种等十种民间传统蚕俗，彰显了江南水乡桑蚕文化的地域特色。
“欢迎大家来到厚皋村和美乡风馆！我是新市中心小学504班的周莹……在我们乡风馆里，有两位全国有名的先进人物的介绍：道德模范、拉煤老人陆松芳和中国十大创新企业家宋云昌；还有两位省劳模及两位“蚕花娘娘”，同时还陈列了水乡地区养蚕用的126件生产和生活用具。”简洁热情的开场白一下子激起了前来参观的大人们的兴致。
文风昌盛 物阜民丰
东舍墩村自古文风昌盛，村民十分重视子女的文化教育。1978年恢复高考以来，人口只有1600余人的村庄，却涌现出近200名大学生，成为享誉全市名副其实的“高考上线第一村”。毕业之后，先后有百名新老大学生回村“献智”。
上世纪80年代初，东舍墩村辉山古塔下曾出土一批良渚文化时期的珍贵文物。在乡风馆筹建过程中，他们不遗余力搜集整理民间故事、神话传说和戏曲歌谣等村落文化，其中包括抢救了即将失传的中国桑蚕文化活标本《蚕花谣》，现已被列入浙江省非物质文化遗产名录。在他们的建议下，馆内还专门设立民间艺人汤小娥大娘的剪纸工作室，通过现场演示向参观者展现剪纸这项非遗手工技艺。
“家乡村庄变美了、生活富裕了、社会和谐了、村民文明素质提高了，真为家乡乡村文明进步而自豪高兴！”刚参观完村里的和美乡风馆，南京信息工程大学遥感学院院长、研究生院常务副院长邱新法感慨万千。北京理工大学管理与经济学院市场营销系主任倪跃峰博士格外激动，专程乘飞机从北京返乡为故里的发展“献智”。 这些毕业于东西南北的大学生中，既有早年的平凡工作者，又有新兴的管理人才，还有从事国家航空航天事业的教授专家。一场别开生面的“大学生群英会”为乡风馆平添了一种文化学术气息，为东舍墩村的未来发展描绘了一幅新蓝图。“有这么多从家乡走出去的专家教授、年轻学者的关心支持，相信东舍墩村的明天会更美好！”村支书张小乐一直笑得没合拢嘴巴。
与时俱进 绽放异彩
时光荏苒，不少宝贵的村落历史文化正在不知不觉中消失，那些悠久的桑蚕文化、丝绸文化、稻耕文化等，通过乡风馆得以保护和展示，令人欣慰。省级文化示范村钟管村新建了纪念馆和雕塑主题公园，专门展示本村历史名人——清光绪年间外交特使傅云龙的事迹、石刻及研究资料。开发区郭肇村新建历史文化名人姚氏主题公园，村里传统舞蹈——叶球灯民俗表演别开生面。乾元镇联合村乡风馆还附设一支26人的民间舞龙队——联合老龙队，持续10年亮相浙北乾龙灯会。金火村精心打造现代作家、学者俞平伯纪念馆。这些都为乡风馆增添了文化底蕴和亮色。
莫干山镇南路村将百年崔氏祠堂改造成古色古香的乡风馆，村里的少年作家崔利静潜心创作长篇小说《零落》的经历得以展示介绍。紫岭村乡风馆为当地名茶“莫干黄芽”等茶文化作了宣传与推介。
钟管镇曲溪村有“中医之源，柳器之乡”之美誉，通过挖掘本村名扬四海的浙北曲溪湾百年中医文化及中医外科源流演变史、本地传统手工技艺柳器编织业等人文资源，使乡风馆个性鲜明，优雅大方。
1943年，浙西行署德清县战时流动政府十余人流亡到太湖南岸一个名叫戈亭的小村落，聚在枯黄的芦丛中围炉煨山芋，融雪烹清茶。面对熊熊篝火，取纸张笔砚奋笔疾书，感怀河山沦丧，诗笺飞舞，枪声响起……日后，同仁诗集《戈亭风雨集》，为40年代浙江省唯一一部抗战诗歌集。这段鲜为人知的历史在钟管镇戈亭村乡风馆内如实展示。
上柏村书记李铭介绍说，如今在农村，特别是年轻一代，对乡村人文历史知之甚少。随着乡村不断变迁，许多宝贵的村落文化眼看着要消失，和美乡风馆正积极发挥抢救、保护和培育村落文化的功能，还能使传承积淀千年、特色鲜明、农民群众喜闻乐见的地方草根文化发挥比外来文化更有效的教育功能。上柏村乡风馆里展示的“十大第一”特色更让人耳目一新。
武康镇民进村新建了乡村公园，入口处造有一座中式建筑知乐亭，花团锦簇，新建的“乡村大舞台”与古朴的乡风馆相毗邻。村民三三两两在公园散步或健身，男女老少心情舒畅。白墙黛瓦整洁宽敞的和美乡风馆与村图书馆合二为一。馆内，老人驻足观看展板，孩子在书桌前全神贯注阅读。窗外，夕阳西下，炊烟袅袅，一幅美丽乡村诗意生活的画面令人愉悦。这是现代和美家园乡村文明的最好诠释。□
Deqing and Its Local Culture Centers
By Zhou Jianghong
Deqing, a rural county under the jurisdiction of Huzhou City in the north of Zhejiang Province, is a beautiful country area with a long history of culture and tradition. As one of the most developed areas in Huzhou, Deqing has experienced an all-round growth.
The rural county is well known for delightful landscape, rich historical culture, and gathering of talents. Of the large number of historical and cultural celebrities of Deqing are Meng Jiao, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty (618-906) and Shen Yue, a great litterateur in Southern Dynasty (1127-1279).
In an effort to boost cultural reconstruction across the county, the government gives high priority to the construction of village cultural centers.
The cultural centers epitomize the county’s rich and varied village cultures highlighting history, folk custom, cultural tradition, and modern civilization. The cultural centers help preserve precious varied village cultures.
The village cultural centers aim to play distinct village character. The cultural center of Baibiao Village, erected in 2005, is the first and the most famous cultural center in Deqing.
Baibiao is a river village, where a few rivers converge. The village boasts a few precious historical relics such as a sutra pillar of the Tang Dynasty, a stone-arch bridge of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). It also boasts a traditional folk shadow lantern show, the Tanhuang show, a second-hand timber market that attracts buyers from Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Shanghai, and distinctive agricultural and fish products. At the village’s cultural center, visitors can learn about them all.
Such a village cultural center was a sensation unheard of in Deqing. As soon as it opened its door, villagers flocked to Baibiao to look. People from far came too. One of them was Xu Guoying in her 80s, a veteran who was a soldier of the Chinese expedition to Burma during World War II. She wrote an inscription in honor of the village center. It also attracted the attention of China Central Television, the country’s largest television network. In late September 2010, CCTV reported the cultural center in its primetime news program. The success of the cultural center of Baibiao Village attracts a great numbers of tourists, creating enormous business opportunities and great fame to the village.
Villages in Deqing did not desire to be left behind. Village cultural centers have mushroomed, highlighting village tradition, community celebrities, distinct farming produce, history, anything that people are proud of.
Cultural centers themselves vary in content and form from village to village.
At Houwu Village, a refurbished memorial house serves as the cultural center. It uses bamboo as its design element and displays a large of collection of daily agricultural implements and life utensils from the local villagers.
Hougao Village boasts a silkworm park, where visitors can see age-old mulberry trees, a pavilion, and a 100-meter-long corridor that displays the village’s history, glory and lifestyle shaped by silkworm farming since ancient times. On display of the village cultural center are 126 implements for silkworm farming and life utensils and an introduction to some celebrated villagers, including tow men of national renown, two silkworm farmers who were honored at provincial level and two queens of local silkworm pageants.
The cultural center of Dongshendun Village displays a collection of folklores, myths, and village ballads and folksongs. A village grandma Tang Xiao’e shows off her paper-cutting art to visitors at the cultural center.
Zhongguan Village features an exhibition on Fu Yunlong, a village native and diplomatic special envoy of the Qing (1644-1911).
Geting Village shows off a poetry collection written in 1943 at its village center. The village was home to a dozen of government officials in 1943 when the county government had to move constantly during the war years. These petty government officials wrote these poems. It turns out that these were the only collection of war poems published in the 1940s in Zhejiang.
Cultural centers in Deqing County exhibit and preserve the colors and diversity of local distinct village cultures. They provide the young generation with a platform on history, culture and custom of their own village and provide the old generation with an opportunity to remember and examine a life they once led. The centers breed a future and inspire dreams.□
如今，遍布全县乡村的一座座和美乡风馆星罗棋布，形形色色的村落文化得以巧妙呈现。它既是乡村人文地理和现代社会文明的交汇点，又是富有泥土气息的村史民俗馆和当代乡贤祠。同时，也是村民百姓实现自我教育、培育文化自觉的理想场所。
和美乡风 精彩演绎
新市镇白彪村历史人文底蕴深厚，犹如一颗镶嵌于苎溪漾畔的水乡明珠。早在2005年，白彪村通过挖掘整理本土丰厚的历史人文资源，建成全县第一个乡村名人馆，各地参观者络绎不绝，白彪村也因此而远近闻名。如今，白彪村和美乡风馆先声夺人，令人大开眼界。
彪溪地处东横港、寺后川等河流汇合处，圣堂港横贯全村。瓦屋整齐，河埠方正，屋宇相接，户户毗邻。村里至今还遗存唐代精美的石刻经幢、古朴的清代石拱桥等历史文物，传统民间艺术如串灯皮影戏、挑箱滩簧戏；闻名江浙沪的旧木交易市场及特色农副渔产品等均入展乡风馆。让村民津津乐道的是一位特殊的“村民”，年逾八旬、现离休在家的许周瑛老太太，当年曾参加中国青年远征军20军204师611团，奔赴滇缅抗日战场。开馆那天，许老太太兴致勃勃参观乡风馆，回家后欣然挥毫书写“和美乡风”四个大字，表达心意。
2010年9月下旬，白彪村和美乡风馆还上了央视新闻联播节目，成为村民百姓们的美谈。淳朴的民风演绎为一笔最大的财富，前些日子，3名孔子故里山东曲阜客商来德清，当他们参观完白彪村和美乡风馆，了解村里一桩桩诚信礼让的故事后，当即签了贸易合同。客人还竖起大拇指说：“在这样的地方做生意交朋友，十分有幸！”
“年猪饭”美 热闹祥和
筏头乡后坞村青山绿水空气清新，秀美独特的地理环境成为乡风馆最大亮点。他们吸收了专业环境设计师的建议，将旧的大礼堂翻新改造修葺，铺设了山溪边捡来的鹅卵石，以原木翠竹为设计元素，向村民征集了不少山乡日常生产农具和生活用具，以实物布展，让人触手可及。人们一踏进乡风馆，那种尘封已久的山里人家过往的历史记忆就被唤醒。
后坞村盛产毛竹、小竹等山货，山民通过余英溪把山货运往大江南北。山溪一年四季不枯竭，每年放排两次，上半年放“杨梅红”、下半年放“白露排”。山民将毛竹捆扎成竹排，有时扎成两层，后面还拖上一排。顺水流漂放至筏头秋水潭，再转运武康等地。
每年白露后四日，山农用长柄钩梢刀削下毛竹的竹梢和壮枝，在阳光下晒干，扎成2.5公斤的把子，称“扫把”。一种从“二节龙梢”中精选出来的“金枝”，是毛料中的上品，做成笤帚光洁考究，色泽金黄，为东北地区民间闺女出嫁时必不可少的“嫁妆”。
每逢腊月中旬，后坞山村家家户户都宰头毛猪，请亲朋好友来聚餐，席上有红烧肉、咸菜烧肉、炒猪肝、猪血汤等菜肴，寓意共同品尝好菜好酒，祝福来年风调雨顺、六畜兴旺。这年俗也吸引都市游客纷至沓来，品尝山里人家的“年猪饭”，如此热闹欢乐场景再上央视，在荧屏播放。
桑蚕文化 乡村名片
走进新市镇厚皋村，最吸引眼球的是桑蚕文化主题公园，园内栽种千年老桑树，修建蚕花凉亭、古代蚕文化漫画墙。全长100多米的蚕文化长廊，采用水乡木廊结构建造，用木板刻字后搬上了长廊白墙，内容丰富多彩，不仅有本村土生土长的现代养蚕能手、省劳模陈子松的事迹介绍，还刻有宋代诗人杨万里的《咏蚕诗》、清朝李宗昉的《蚕事二十咏》等，重点介绍新市蚕花庙会、国家级非物质文化遗产《扫蚕花地》，以及祭蚕神、蚕花生日、请蚕花、戴蚕花、点蚕花灯、点蚕花火、烧田蚕、栽火桑、上蔟、浴种等十种民间传统蚕俗，彰显了江南水乡桑蚕文化的地域特色。
“欢迎大家来到厚皋村和美乡风馆！我是新市中心小学504班的周莹……在我们乡风馆里，有两位全国有名的先进人物的介绍：道德模范、拉煤老人陆松芳和中国十大创新企业家宋云昌；还有两位省劳模及两位“蚕花娘娘”，同时还陈列了水乡地区养蚕用的126件生产和生活用具。”简洁热情的开场白一下子激起了前来参观的大人们的兴致。
文风昌盛 物阜民丰
东舍墩村自古文风昌盛，村民十分重视子女的文化教育。1978年恢复高考以来，人口只有1600余人的村庄，却涌现出近200名大学生，成为享誉全市名副其实的“高考上线第一村”。毕业之后，先后有百名新老大学生回村“献智”。
上世纪80年代初，东舍墩村辉山古塔下曾出土一批良渚文化时期的珍贵文物。在乡风馆筹建过程中，他们不遗余力搜集整理民间故事、神话传说和戏曲歌谣等村落文化，其中包括抢救了即将失传的中国桑蚕文化活标本《蚕花谣》，现已被列入浙江省非物质文化遗产名录。在他们的建议下，馆内还专门设立民间艺人汤小娥大娘的剪纸工作室，通过现场演示向参观者展现剪纸这项非遗手工技艺。
“家乡村庄变美了、生活富裕了、社会和谐了、村民文明素质提高了，真为家乡乡村文明进步而自豪高兴！”刚参观完村里的和美乡风馆，南京信息工程大学遥感学院院长、研究生院常务副院长邱新法感慨万千。北京理工大学管理与经济学院市场营销系主任倪跃峰博士格外激动，专程乘飞机从北京返乡为故里的发展“献智”。 这些毕业于东西南北的大学生中，既有早年的平凡工作者，又有新兴的管理人才，还有从事国家航空航天事业的教授专家。一场别开生面的“大学生群英会”为乡风馆平添了一种文化学术气息，为东舍墩村的未来发展描绘了一幅新蓝图。“有这么多从家乡走出去的专家教授、年轻学者的关心支持，相信东舍墩村的明天会更美好！”村支书张小乐一直笑得没合拢嘴巴。
与时俱进 绽放异彩
时光荏苒，不少宝贵的村落历史文化正在不知不觉中消失，那些悠久的桑蚕文化、丝绸文化、稻耕文化等，通过乡风馆得以保护和展示，令人欣慰。省级文化示范村钟管村新建了纪念馆和雕塑主题公园，专门展示本村历史名人——清光绪年间外交特使傅云龙的事迹、石刻及研究资料。开发区郭肇村新建历史文化名人姚氏主题公园，村里传统舞蹈——叶球灯民俗表演别开生面。乾元镇联合村乡风馆还附设一支26人的民间舞龙队——联合老龙队，持续10年亮相浙北乾龙灯会。金火村精心打造现代作家、学者俞平伯纪念馆。这些都为乡风馆增添了文化底蕴和亮色。
莫干山镇南路村将百年崔氏祠堂改造成古色古香的乡风馆，村里的少年作家崔利静潜心创作长篇小说《零落》的经历得以展示介绍。紫岭村乡风馆为当地名茶“莫干黄芽”等茶文化作了宣传与推介。
钟管镇曲溪村有“中医之源，柳器之乡”之美誉，通过挖掘本村名扬四海的浙北曲溪湾百年中医文化及中医外科源流演变史、本地传统手工技艺柳器编织业等人文资源，使乡风馆个性鲜明，优雅大方。
1943年，浙西行署德清县战时流动政府十余人流亡到太湖南岸一个名叫戈亭的小村落，聚在枯黄的芦丛中围炉煨山芋，融雪烹清茶。面对熊熊篝火，取纸张笔砚奋笔疾书，感怀河山沦丧，诗笺飞舞，枪声响起……日后，同仁诗集《戈亭风雨集》，为40年代浙江省唯一一部抗战诗歌集。这段鲜为人知的历史在钟管镇戈亭村乡风馆内如实展示。
上柏村书记李铭介绍说，如今在农村，特别是年轻一代，对乡村人文历史知之甚少。随着乡村不断变迁，许多宝贵的村落文化眼看着要消失，和美乡风馆正积极发挥抢救、保护和培育村落文化的功能，还能使传承积淀千年、特色鲜明、农民群众喜闻乐见的地方草根文化发挥比外来文化更有效的教育功能。上柏村乡风馆里展示的“十大第一”特色更让人耳目一新。
武康镇民进村新建了乡村公园，入口处造有一座中式建筑知乐亭，花团锦簇，新建的“乡村大舞台”与古朴的乡风馆相毗邻。村民三三两两在公园散步或健身，男女老少心情舒畅。白墙黛瓦整洁宽敞的和美乡风馆与村图书馆合二为一。馆内，老人驻足观看展板，孩子在书桌前全神贯注阅读。窗外，夕阳西下，炊烟袅袅，一幅美丽乡村诗意生活的画面令人愉悦。这是现代和美家园乡村文明的最好诠释。□
Deqing and Its Local Culture Centers
By Zhou Jianghong
Deqing, a rural county under the jurisdiction of Huzhou City in the north of Zhejiang Province, is a beautiful country area with a long history of culture and tradition. As one of the most developed areas in Huzhou, Deqing has experienced an all-round growth.
The rural county is well known for delightful landscape, rich historical culture, and gathering of talents. Of the large number of historical and cultural celebrities of Deqing are Meng Jiao, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty (618-906) and Shen Yue, a great litterateur in Southern Dynasty (1127-1279).
In an effort to boost cultural reconstruction across the county, the government gives high priority to the construction of village cultural centers.
The cultural centers epitomize the county’s rich and varied village cultures highlighting history, folk custom, cultural tradition, and modern civilization. The cultural centers help preserve precious varied village cultures.
The village cultural centers aim to play distinct village character. The cultural center of Baibiao Village, erected in 2005, is the first and the most famous cultural center in Deqing.
Baibiao is a river village, where a few rivers converge. The village boasts a few precious historical relics such as a sutra pillar of the Tang Dynasty, a stone-arch bridge of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). It also boasts a traditional folk shadow lantern show, the Tanhuang show, a second-hand timber market that attracts buyers from Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Shanghai, and distinctive agricultural and fish products. At the village’s cultural center, visitors can learn about them all.
Such a village cultural center was a sensation unheard of in Deqing. As soon as it opened its door, villagers flocked to Baibiao to look. People from far came too. One of them was Xu Guoying in her 80s, a veteran who was a soldier of the Chinese expedition to Burma during World War II. She wrote an inscription in honor of the village center. It also attracted the attention of China Central Television, the country’s largest television network. In late September 2010, CCTV reported the cultural center in its primetime news program. The success of the cultural center of Baibiao Village attracts a great numbers of tourists, creating enormous business opportunities and great fame to the village.
Villages in Deqing did not desire to be left behind. Village cultural centers have mushroomed, highlighting village tradition, community celebrities, distinct farming produce, history, anything that people are proud of.
Cultural centers themselves vary in content and form from village to village.
At Houwu Village, a refurbished memorial house serves as the cultural center. It uses bamboo as its design element and displays a large of collection of daily agricultural implements and life utensils from the local villagers.
Hougao Village boasts a silkworm park, where visitors can see age-old mulberry trees, a pavilion, and a 100-meter-long corridor that displays the village’s history, glory and lifestyle shaped by silkworm farming since ancient times. On display of the village cultural center are 126 implements for silkworm farming and life utensils and an introduction to some celebrated villagers, including tow men of national renown, two silkworm farmers who were honored at provincial level and two queens of local silkworm pageants.
The cultural center of Dongshendun Village displays a collection of folklores, myths, and village ballads and folksongs. A village grandma Tang Xiao’e shows off her paper-cutting art to visitors at the cultural center.
Zhongguan Village features an exhibition on Fu Yunlong, a village native and diplomatic special envoy of the Qing (1644-1911).
Geting Village shows off a poetry collection written in 1943 at its village center. The village was home to a dozen of government officials in 1943 when the county government had to move constantly during the war years. These petty government officials wrote these poems. It turns out that these were the only collection of war poems published in the 1940s in Zhejiang.
Cultural centers in Deqing County exhibit and preserve the colors and diversity of local distinct village cultures. They provide the young generation with a platform on history, culture and custom of their own village and provide the old generation with an opportunity to remember and examine a life they once led. The centers breed a future and inspire dreams.□