Houma, called "Xintian" in ancient times, is the capital of the late Jin Dynasty, one of the "five tyrants" in the Spring and Autumn Period, with a history of more than 2,500 years. In 585 BC, Duke Jing of Jin moved his capital here with the theme of "Xintian, with thick soil and deep water, people can be free from diseases, Fenyue can get rid of evil spirits, people can teach, and the benefits of the tenth century". Later, it was transferred to thirteen places, which lasted for 209 years, during which the hegemony of Jin State lasted for one and a half centuries. In 376 BC, Han, Zhao and Wei were divided into Jin and dominated the Warring States. Therefore, later generations called Shanxi "Jin" or "Sanjin".
The long history of civilization has left a rich and splendid cultural heritage for Houma. At present, there are ancient city sites, sacrificial sites, tombs sites, bronze casting sites, temple tombs sites and hundreds of thousands of precious unearthed cultural relics. Houma "Jin State Site" was listed as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council in 196 1. More than 5,000 jade cards with brush were unearthed in the Book of the Later Horse League, which recorded the vows of the Jin Dynasty and the political, military and social situation at that time. It was rated as 1995, one of the top ten archaeological discoveries in China since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Houma is rich in products since ancient times, with outstanding people and talented people. Thirteen ministers and six ministers of the State of Jin staged a series of historical dramas, which were conducted by Pei Tai, the minister of Tang Dynasty, and Qin Xian, the general of Jin Dynasty at the end of the Five Dynasties. Li Hao, the minister of rites in Ming Dynasty, Pei and Pei Zongxi, the governor of Qing Dynasty, and Zhong Renyi, Zhong and Jin, the leaders of peasant uprising in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, were all born in this hot land. Peng Zhen, a proletarian revolutionary of the older generation, was born in Lianshang Village, houma city in June 1902+12 10. TanJing, an outstanding young singer of the Song and Dance Troupe of the General Political Department of the State, is also a lark flying from Houma.
Houma is based on the long and splendid Xintian culture, implements the management culture strategy and builds a cultural brand. Since the new century, Houma has successively held "two sessions and one festival", "two sessions and one meeting" and two sessions of Shanxi Houma Xintian Spring and Autumn Ancient Capital Culture Festival, and built Xintian Square, Jingu Ancient Capital Museum, Temple Fair and Sleeping Relics Park, Pingyang Bronze Relics Park, Taigui Temple, 1,000-acre lotus pond, Jinbaoding and other cultural tourism facilities. Xintian cultural resources have been effectively protected, developed and utilized. Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Writers Association, Calligraphers Association, Photographers Association, Artists Association, Folk Artists Association and other organizations have frequent activities. Every year, a three-month summer cultural activity is staged. Festival culture, community culture, rural culture, corporate culture, campus culture and other mass cultural activities are extremely active. Xintian culture, an ancient capital, has added rich and colorful connotations of the times and become a new advantage of houma city's opening to the outside world.