Yuzhou is located in western of Xuchang,in the center of Henan.

Yuzhou is named for Dayu, which means”the land of Dayu”. Here there’s a well-known story that is “Dayu Flood Control story”. Owing to his contribution to prevent floods by water control, the head of tribe, Shun, awarded him the land. After Shun died, people support Dayu as leader, he united with the other tribes, then builded the first real country in our history, Xia dynasty. Of course, Dayu became the first king in our history, the capital is YuZhou.

The figure of Dayu is still standing in the center of YuZhou city, which has became the symbol of the city.

Another ancient history story is about Yellow Emperor, a legendary ruler. Guang Yuanzi , an immortal, had ever practiced in the Daoist temple---XiaoYaoguan. When Yellow Emperor knew, he went to visit Guang Yuanzi to ask for statecraft. In his old years, Yellow Emperor retired from public life and practiced in XiaoYaoguan together with Guang Yuanzi.

Yuzhou is the Jun porcelain capital of China. Jun porcelain has nearly two thousand years history, becoming more and more popular in our life. In recent years, people think highly of Jun porcelain, and Jun often be presented to many National friends as National Present.

In 1997, Henan presented a pair of Jun porcelain vase to Hong Kong, which is exactly 1997mm high, celebrating Hong Kong‘s back.

This should be owned to Wu Daozi, who’s a famous painter in history. He first invented colored glaze, which consists of many kinds of mineral materials. It makes the procelain colorfull. Before fired, it looks dull gray, but colorful after it comes out of the klin.

As a saying says, “The traditional Chinese medicine which not have met the King of Medicine will not work.” The King of Medicine, Sun Simiao, had lived in Yuzhou, so YuZhou became the collecting and distributing centre of traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years. Every year, YuZhou traditional Chinese medicine material trade attracts dealers from all over the country.

Yuzhou is rich in traditional Chinese medicine material. According to statistics, we have found 1084 different kinds of traditional Chinese medicine materials in the area of Yuzhou.

And something else, there are many coal mine in my hometown, welcome to work in Yuzhou after your postgraduate.