Deqing county is rich in cultural heritage. 3,040 unearthed cultural relics from Song, Tang, Han, Qin and even Neolithic Age are collected in provincial, municipal and county cultural departments. Since the Song and Ming Dynasties, there have been 6 1 volume of literary works, which are rare. Cantonese opera, folk art, folk songs and artistic activities such as lion dance, dragon dance, phoenix dance, white crane dance and butterfly dance have been circulated among the people so far.

During the Republic of China, specialized cultural institutions began to be established. In 19 (1930), the county library was established, and in 23 years, the county people's education museum was established to hold comprehensive mass cultural activities, but most of them were carried out in cities and towns, and the activities were abnormal.

After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), cultural undertakings developed rapidly. 1950 set up a county cultural center to carry out various cultural work in an all-round way. 195 1 set up a film screening team, 1953 opened Xinhua Bookstore. Later, with the development of the cause, various cultural institutions gradually became independent and self-contained. By 1987, the cultural network at the county, township (town) and village levels was basically formed. There are cultural centers, libraries, museums, film companies, cinemas, Guangdong Opera Troupe, Workers' Cultural Palace and Xinhua Bookstore in the county. Villages and towns have cultural stations, cultural centers, film teams or theaters, and book retail departments; There is a cultural room and a family-run cultural auditorium in the village. The archives institutions of county, township and county-owned units are also becoming more and more perfect. From 1980 to 1988, the publication Kangzhou Literature and Art received an average of 300 literary works by authors in the county.