A Shrine of Hehe Culture
Taizhou in Zhejiang Province is an important birthplace of Chinese Hehe Culture and boasts a profound legacy in this regard. It is a place featuring the integration of Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism and the images of the Two Immortals of Hehe. The Taizhou people's renowned spirit of harmony and their institutional innovations including the shareholding cooperative system and the system of holding democratic seminars all have great influence.
At the First Session of the Fifth Taizhou Municipal Congress of the CPC in 2017, the goal of building Taizhou into a "Shrine of Hehe Culture" was set as a cultural strategy for Taizhou's development. The city has worked hard to promote Hehe Culture in an all-round way and strived to build Taizhou into an iconic place for disseminating and demonstrating Chinese Hehe Culture, an inclusive city that values harmony, understanding and tolerance, embraces the world with virtue, and pursues harmony amidst diversity.
In recent years, centering on the spirit of Hehe Culture, Taizhou has developed a series of towns, parks, academies, reading bars, sculptures, reception halls, and exhibition venues for intangible cultural heritage. The city has created literary and artistic works such as the songs Paean to Hehe and Hehe Star, and some musical dramas. All of these works are imbued with the characteristics of Hehe Culture. The city also has held lectures and forums on Hehe Culture. These efforts have exhibited the city's profound cultural atmosphere and inclusiveness.
In Tiantai County, Taizhou, Hehe Culture prevails everywhere. Such projects as Hehe Cultural Creative Block, Hehe Shrine Monument Park, Tiantai Mountains Folk Museum, Hehe Culture Park, Tiantai Mountains Family Tradition and Mottos Hall, Hehe Cultural Square in the Shifeng Lake Park, Longxi Hehe Cultural Research Base, and Hou'an Hehe Cultural Resort Village are all demonstrating Hehe Culture. The completion of the Hehe Shrine Monument in Hehe Town is of particular significance: It not only helps the public further understand the source of Hehe Culture and the excellent cultural traditions and the abundant cultural resources of Taizhou, but also promotes the spirit of Taizhou, strengthens Taizhou's cultural power and carries forward the cream of traditional Chinese culture.
和合圣地
台州是中华和合文化的重要发祥地，儒、释、道三教互融共生、“和合二圣”广为流传，和合文化底蕴深厚。台州人的和气精神以及股份合作制、民主恳谈会等制度创新影响深远。2017年，台州市五届一次党代会把建设“和合圣地”作为台州城市发展的文化定位和战略目标，全面推进和合文化品牌建设，努力把台州建设成“贵在尚中、善解能容、厚德载物、和而不同”的中华和合文化的标志地、传播地、示范地。
近年来，以和合文化为核心，台州市规划建设了和合小镇、和合公园、和合书院、和合书吧、和合雕塑、和合会客厅、和合非遗展示厅等；创作了一批文艺精品，如主题歌曲《和合颂》《和合星》，编排了和合文化元素歌舞剧等；开展了和合文化百场讲坛、主题论坛等，展现出底蕴深厚、古今交融、包容大气的城市人文气息。
在台州天台，和合文化的浓厚氛围更是遍布街头巷尾，和合文化创意街区、和合圣地碑公园、天台山民俗博物馆、和合人间文化园、天台山家风家训馆、始丰湖公园和合文化广场、龙溪和合文化研学基地、后岸和合文化旅游特色村等，都是展示、传承和合文化的金名片。特别是选址在和合小镇内的和合圣地碑的落成，对于人民群众进一步了解和合文化的源头，了解台州优秀的文化传统和丰富的文化资源，发扬中华优秀传统文化、弘扬台州城市精神、提升文化软实力具有重要意义。
