Tang Xianzu (1550-1616), with a certain number, is also known as Hai Ruo, a road flyover for removal. An outstanding playwright and writer in Ming Dynasty. It occupies an important position in the history of China and world literature, and is known as "Shakespeare of the East".

Tang was born in Yunshan Township, Linchuan County, and later moved to Tangjiashan (now Fuzhou City). Tang Xianzu was smart and studious since he was a child, and he was promoted at the age of twenty-one. Because he refused to attach himself to powerful people, he was learned and famous, and he entered the Jinshi at the age of 34. Later, he served as Dr. Tai Chang, the master book of Zhan's sexual affairs, and the priest of Libu Temple. In the 19th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (159 1), witnessing the corruption and anger of bureaucrats at that time, he wrote the book "The History of Auxiliary Ministers", impeached Shen Shixing, the great scholar, shocked the political affairs and angered the emperor, and was demoted to Xuwendian history. Later, he was transferred to Suichang County, Zhejiang Province for five years with remarkable achievements. However, he was criticized by his superiors and opposed by local forces because he suppressed the powerful and angered the powerful. Finally, wan wan.

When Tang Xianzu was a teenager, he studied under Luo Rufang, the main figure of Taizhou School, and was influenced by Song Xuesi's anti-unification thought. When he was an official in Nanjing, he was influenced by Li Zhi, Daguan and others' anti-Neo-Confucianism thoughts, and his profound understanding of the corrupt society at that time made him a progressive scholar at the forefront of the times, which was also an important factor for his great success in literary career.

Among Tang Xianzu's achievements in many aspects, the playwright's creation is the most important. His dramatic works, Purple Hairpin, Conan, Peony Pavilion and Handan, are collectively called "Four Dreams in Linchuan", among which Peony Pavilion is his masterpiece. These plays are not only loved by the people of China, but also spread to Britain, Japan, Germany, Russia and many other countries, and are regarded as the treasures of the world drama art.. In addition, Tang's monograph "The Temple of Qingyuan Opera in Yihuang County" is also an important document on drama performance in the history of China opera. It played a pioneering role in directing. Tang Xianzu is also an outstanding poet. His poetry collection includes four volumes of Complete Works of Tang Yuming, one volume of Grass in the Red Spring, and Asking about Grass in the Spine. Two volumes.

After the founding of New China, the relevant departments collected and sorted out Tang Xianzu's works comprehensively and conscientiously, and published the Collected Works of Tang Xianzu. In order to commemorate this great dramatist and writer, the people's government built Tang Xianzu Cemetery and Tang Yuming Theater in Linchuan City, and there is a memorial room for Tang Xianzu in the theater. 1982 10 In October, the Central Ministry of Culture, the Chinese Dramatists Association, the Jiangxi Provincial Bureau of Culture and the Jiangxi Branch of the Chinese Dramatists Association jointly held a conference to commemorate the 366th anniversary of Tang Xianzu's death in Fuzhou Tang Yuming Theatre. 1992, the people's government established Tang Xianzu Memorial Hall. 1995, Tang Xianzu Memorial Hall covering an area of 200 mu was completed and opened to the public.