A sacred place of revolution, Capital of Hakka, and ancient city of Tong & Song Dynasties constitute the most important content of this city of history and culture.
During the 2nd Revolutionary Civil War, Changting County was an important part of the Central Soviet Area. It was also Tingzhou, the only Soviet Area city known as “Small Red Shanghai” of Soviet Republic of China that was established by Mao Zedong. A host of proletariat revolutionists and founding fathers of PR. China such as Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, Chen Yi, Ye Jianying, Chen Yun, Hu Yaobang etc carried out the great revolutionary struggles in Changting. This glorious history is peerless in Fujian Province.
The Hakka culture with unique romantic feeling of West Fujian，Hakka Folksongs, Hakka food, Hakka traditional decorative paper lanterns and other kinds of folk art constitute the Hakka traditional art treasury.
