自古以来,乐昌便是广东与中原地区经济文化交流的重要通道,是广东省最早接受中原文化的地区之一。随着不同政权的更替,各族人民频繁的交流,中原文化、楚文化、吴越文化和西南文化在此交融发展,演绎出了富有特色、独具魅力的乐昌文化。汉代马援将军率军平定岭南路经乐昌时,发出了“滔滔武江一河深,鸟飞不渡,兽不能临。嗟哉!武溪何毒淫”的感慨;唐 Since ancient times, Lechang has been an important channel for economic and cultural exchanges between Guangdong and the Central Plains. It is one of the earliest areas in Guangdong that accepted Central Plains culture. With the change of different regimes and the frequent exchanges among people of all ethnic groups, the Central Plains culture, Chu culture, Wuyue culture and Southwest culture have merged and developed here, thereby deducing the rich and unique Lechang culture. When General Ma Yuan of the Han Dynasty led his troops to Pingling Lingnan Road by Lechang, they sent out a feeling of “surging Wujiang River, birds flying over, animals not coming.”