The birthplace of world ceramics is in China, while the ancient capital of China ceramics is in Yixing. Yixing pottery culture has a long history. As early as the Neolithic Age, the ancestors of Yixing invented pottery. Over 7000 years, the industrious and intelligent people of Du Tao have created splendid ceramic culture and unparalleled ceramic art. Yixing ceramics is known as the "Oriental Pearl" and is world-famous. Purple sand pottery, uniform pottery, fine pottery, celadon and painted pottery "five golden flowers" each shine brilliantly, and the unique purple sand pottery is unparalleled in the world. "A jade bead on earth is not as good as a earth pill on Yangxian River" is a wonderful portrayal of purple sand pottery.
Throughout the ages, beautiful scenery has nurtured rich local culture and outstanding talents. Yixing is not only a scenic tourist city, but also a world-famous "hometown of culture" and "hometown of professors", which can be described as outstanding people and outstanding people. Yixing people have been known for their eagerness to learn and make progress since ancient times. They have always been proud of farming and reading, and outstanding scholars have never stopped writing. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were brothers named Jiang Cheng and Jiang Mo, the "Nine Hous"; In the Three Kingdoms and the Jin Dynasty, there were four generations of heroes: Zhou Bin, Zhou Fu, Zhou Chu and qi zhou. Among them, the story of shooting a tiger and beheading jiaozi at the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty and turning over a new leaf is well known by Chinese people and has been passed down through the ages. Over the past century, Yixing has gathered rich humanities and talents. Pan Hannian, a revolutionary, is touching and radiant in history; There are Xu Beihong, Qian Songnie, Yin Shoushi and Wu Guanzhong in the art world; Literature and journalism include Yu Ling, Cao Xinzhi, Xu Zhucheng and Sha Lei; There are Chu Shizhu, Zhang Quan and Min Huifen in the music industry. In science education, there are Zhou Peiyuan,, and history. In sports, there are Zhu Liaozhou, Wang Nanzhen, Dong Liangcheng ... celebrities from all walks of life, and countless sketches. Statistics from the State Education Commission show that Yixing is the county (city) with the largest number of in-service professors in China. Therefore, Yixing won the title of "hometown of professors". At the first science and technology conference in China, among the 10 people sitting on the rostrum, Yixing people accounted for four, and four scholars, Zhou Peiyuan, Jiang Nanxiang, Pan Wei and Tang Aoqing, were especially affectionate with their local accent, and were dubbed as "Yixing people's world". On March 30th, 1988, the European Daily published an article entitled "Yixing, Jiangsu has good geomantic omen, and there are many mainland scholars", which reported the strange phenomenon of Yixing culture and professor's hometown.
The formation of talent pattern in Yixing is closely related to the history of respecting teachers and attaching importance to education in Yixing. In recent years, Yixing has actively and steadily promoted the educational reform in line with the guiding ideology that is conducive to the development of education and the implementation of quality education, and achieved the coordinated development of various educational undertakings. The enrollment rate, consolidation rate and graduation rate of primary schools in the city remained at 100%, while the enrollment rate, consolidation rate and graduation rate of junior middle schools reached 100%, 99.77% and 99.99% respectively. The undergraduate pass rate is 34.04%, which is higher than the provincial average 1 1 percentage point, and it is in a leading position in Wuxi. Among them, the number of undergraduate students crossing the line in the Municipal Vocational Education Center ranks first in Wuxi Vocational School. Comprehensively reform the school-running system. On the basis of the successful establishment of two joint-stock schools and four public and private schools, a new private experimental middle school in Xia Ling was built. There are 32 new adult higher education classes in all kinds of schools in the city, with nearly 1300 participants. Improve the training ability of rural labor transfer and speed up the training of skilled workers. In the first half of 2004, the city trained 6.5438+0.05 million employees, with a total training rate of 23.9%, which solved the employment problem of enterprises. Today, Yixing's reputation as "the hometown of professors" has been integrated with the natural scenery of mountains and rivers, which is a perfect match. In the hearts of the world, it shines with bright light and exudes lasting charm.