Ludian County Culture

It is known to all that Ludian is a county with beautiful mountains and rivers, rich products and long history, it has brilliant and profound culture background. Ludian is the source of Yangtze river culture, the home of Yi People’s culture and Shushi culture(朱提文化). Ludian was an inhabit area of Yi people since the old time, in the long process of developing, it has formed a Yi people’s culture different from other places. At the same time, as the former site of Shushi prefecture, Ludian was the home of Shushi culture. In addition, Ludian was the hometown of many historical figures, like Li Yaoting(李耀庭)，a famous industrialist in the late Qing dynasty, Du Yu(杜宇), the king of Shu kingdom(蜀国). Today, there are still some evidence show that Ludian is a county with brilliant culture, such as Ludian Culture Square, Chongwen Pavilion(崇文阁) and Muslin Custom City, etc.