Yixing is a famous city with a history of over 2,111 years of urban construction and over 7,111 years of pottery making. It is known as the "hometown of environmental protection", "famous Tao Dou" and "hometown of professors" in China. Yixing is located on the west bank of Taihu Lake, at the junction of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces, in the hinterland of the Yangtze River Delta, and in the geometric center of the Shanghai-Nanjing-Hangzhou triangle. It is a three-level I-class emerging central city that Jiangsu Province has determined to focus on. With a total area of 2138.7 square kilometers and a population of 1.1573 million, the city has jurisdiction over 21 towns and 1 national environmental protection science and technology industrial parks. In recent years, Yixing's economy and society have developed rapidly. In 2115, the city achieved a GDP of 36.3 billion yuan, a per capita GDP of 34,311 yuan and a total fiscal revenue of 4.3 billion yuan. Comprehensive strength and basic competitiveness rank 22nd and 9th among the top 111 counties (cities) in China. Creation mode, Yixing City, has been focusing on the structural adjustment of building materials and chemical industry and the prevention and control of water pollution in Taihu Lake Basin for three years, and has formed a distinctive working feature of Yixing creation mode.

Yixing has a history of more than 5111 years. It was called Jingyi in ancient times and belonged to Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period. Zhou Yuanwang belonged to Vietnam for four years (the first 472 years). Zhou Xian belonged to Chu in 536 (BC 333). In the twenty-fifth year of Qin Shihuang (the first 222 years), Jingyi Division was Huiji County, and the following year, Jingyi was changed to Yangxian County. In the Western Jin Dynasty, Emperor Huaidi Yongjia was in the fourth year (311 years), and Yixing County was established. In the ninth year of Emperor Wendi's reign (589), Yixing County was abolished and renamed Yixing County, belonging to Changzhou. Song Taizong Taiping Xingguo first year (976) was changed to Yixing County. In the fourth year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty (1726), it was divided into Yixing and Jingxi counties. Jingxi was abolished in the first year of the Republic of China and merged into Yixing County. June 1949 belongs to Changzhou area. October 1953 belongs to Suzhou area. February 1956 belongs to Zhenjiang area. Since March 1983, it belongs to Wuxi City. In October, 1988, Yixing County was abolished and Yixing City was established.

In p>2113, Yixing had 21 towns, 1 environmental protection science and technology industrial parks, 95 neighborhood committees and 431 administrative villages. The total area is 2,138.7 square kilometers, with 64,111 hectares of cultivated land and 41,111 hectares of forest, with a total population of 1,162,363.

culture and education

when cooking wine, heroes, talented people win the world. Heroes' admiring landscapes not only endow Yixing people with the spirit of loyalty and love, but also give people here an intelligent aura.

"Father, son, brother and sister are professors" and "one doctor with seven degrees". It has become a common practice to study and spread the family, and to respect teachers and attach importance to teaching. Since ancient times, Yixing has produced four top scholars, 11 prime ministers, 385 scholars, 21 academicians of the two academies, more than 61 university presidents, and more than 8,111 professors and associate professors. The "hometown of professors" is famous all over the world.

among the 11 people sitting on the rostrum of the first science and technology conference in new China, there are four Yixing people. Jiang Nanxiang, the minister of higher education in China and the president of Tsinghua University, and Yu Zhaozhong, the second minister of education in Taiwan Province and the president of Taiwan Province University, were born in the same street in the town ... These magical coincidences made the world marvel at this land.

The intelligent aura of Yixing people stems from the courage of being the first in the world and pioneering and innovating. In painting, science, society and many other fields, Yixing people are all shining with the banner of innovation, becoming leaders and pioneers and making great contributions to the progress and development of China.

tourism resources

Yixing, Tao Dou, with its unique caves, is rich in products and charming scenery. It is a unique tourist attraction with pottery culture, tea culture, bamboo culture and cave culture.

Yixing is located in Taihu Lake Basin in the Yangtze River Delta, belonging to Wuxi City, 64 kilometers west of Taihu Lake, bordering Zhejiang and Anhui provinces, and is the southernmost county-level city in Jiangsu Province. Fertile land, mild climate, abundant rainfall, four distinct seasons, rich in rice, bamboo, tea, crab and Taihu Lake fish and shrimp, is a famous land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River; Known as Jingxi in ancient times, it has a long history, many cultural relics and historical sites, many mountains and waters in the territory, and beautiful scenery.

Yixing purple sand craft began in the Northern Song Dynasty, flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and flourished today. It integrates painting, calligraphy, poetry, seal cutting and sculpture, and becomes a unique work of art.

In p>2116, the State Council published the first batch of intangible heritage list, and Yixing Zisha ranked first in traditional handicraft skills. Through the ages, master craftsmen and folk artists have passed from generation to generation, witnessing the source of the development of Chinese civilization and its eternal charm.

China is the hometown of tea. The world gave Yixing a teapot and didn't forget to put a piece of tea in it.

Yixing is the largest tea-producing area in Jiangsu province, located in the subtropical climate, with distinct seasons and mild and humid conditions, where Yangxian tea, which Lu Yu of Cha Sheng called "the highest fragrance in the world, can be served in the imperial court", grows. The son of heaven has never tasted Yangxian tea, and a hundred herbs dare not blossom first. Yixing Yangxian purple bamboo shoot tea is as famous as Hangzhou Longjing tea and Suzhou Biluochun. In the Three Kingdoms period, the "national mountain and shun tea" dominated the south of the Yangtze River, and the Tang Dynasty was famous for its "Yang Xian Tang tribute tea".

in Yixing mountainous area, the tea garden slopes as far as the eye can see, which is called "the oasis of tea".

In the heaven and earth of Zisha Pot, the elegant tea fragrance moistens the profound context of the Chinese nation.

Taihua mountain area is the largest bamboo base in Jiangsu. The bamboo forest area in the city is 1.8 million mu. The bamboos are connected to the hills and slopes, tall and dense, and the layers are green. When the mountain wind passes, the bamboo shadows are swaying and the green waves are undulating, which is known as the "Bamboo Sea".

Yixing is known as the "cave world", with more than 81 limestone caves in various forms all over the city. Especially, the Shanjuan Cave, the "First Monument in the South of the Yangtze River" and "Wonder in the Sea", and Zhanggong Cave and colorful and magnificent Linggu Cave are famous all over the world.

Yixing today

In p>2112, the discovery of the Camel Pier site in Yixing, which was listed as the first of the six archaeological discoveries in China, proved that Yixing had become the central tribe in the western part of Taihu Lake as early as 7,111 years ago. Yixing set up Yixing County from Jin Dynasty, as the largest city on the west line of Taihu Lake, which lasted for thousands of years.

Today, Yixing, as a newly-developed central city with a focus on the development of Jiangsu Province, ranks 9th in the competitiveness of China's top 111 counties and cities in 2115, and 7th in the comprehensive competitiveness of 37 counties and cities in the Yangtze River Delta. In the surging tide of the Yangtze River Delta, township enterprises have sprung up suddenly. The rapid development of private economy; The only national environmental protection industrial science and technology park in China, and the establishment of five industrial concentration areas, including Yixing Economic Development Zone, Ceramic Industrial Park and Guanlin and Gaocheng; The formation of eight advantageous industrial clusters such as wire and cable, environmental protection equipment and fine chemicals; It painted the splendid starry sky of Yixing's industrial development and laid a solid foundation for its rapid development. In 2116, Yixing was recognized as a national environmental protection model city by the State Environmental Protection Administration.

With the rapid transfer of international capital industry to the Yangtze River Delta, the state's planning for the construction of urban agglomerations in the Yangtze River Delta has started, and the strategic concept of the rise of Hangzhou-Nanjing urban belt has been formed. Yixing will show unlimited development prospects at a higher level and in a wider field.

The grand blueprint for building a prosperous, dynamic, ecological, cultural and harmonious Yixing, basically realizing modernization and building the first city on the west line of Taihu Lake has been fully rolled out. A richer, more harmonious and more beautiful new Yixing is emerging.

Yixing is eagerly calling people of insight in the world to create the glory and dream of life!