Sheyang located at Wu and Chu culture converge area,folk romantic feeling have features of the south and north.Sheyang os famous for its stilt acrobars,dragon boat race,and rural painting,all of which is full of artistic and entertainment charm.

　　In the Han and Tang Dynasties,Sheyang River is an important port in marine trade.Japanese Buddhist monks boarded at Sheyang to go to Chang`an.There were other historical figures such as Chen Weiqi,a military talent,Gu Xijiu,a patriot in 1911 Revolution,Liu Tianhen,general in the anti-warlords war in the 1920s.Zhang Jian,a famous entrepreneur at the end of the Qing Dynasty,organized immigrants to open wasteland and grow cotton here.In the history of Chinese Communist Party,several renowned generals fought on this land,such as Chen Yi,Hunag Kecheng,Zhang Aiping and Hong Xuezhi.Other revolutionary journalists and writres such as Zou Taofen,Fan Changjiang,A Ying and He Luting also worked here.