Culture
The city also houses many Yue Kiln Sites, which are widely regarded as one of the origin of Chinese porcelain. Cixi has the tradition of advocating culture and emphasizing education, with several thousand years of historical relics and profound cultural background which cultivated three regional cultures, i.e. “celadon, reclamation and immigration”. Shanglinhu celadon has been sold overseas as a “Maritime Silk Road” to the world, historical tideland reclamation area has become one of the areas with the most abundant land reserve resources in Zhejiang Province, and the immigration culture has several years of history. The three kinds of cultures mingled together to set up Cixi humanistic spirit of innovation, openness & honesty, and win-win cooperation, which has created a good environment for the development of Cixi education. Cixi has become the first batch of powerful educational city in Zhejiang Province, Through exploring diversified school-running ways and promoting school-running by social power, the number and scale of private schools are all leading domestically. Cixi was listed as the “demonstration base for community digital learning in the national city and countryside” by the Ministry of Education in 2010 and 2011.
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