As a former educator, it surprised me to hear students from Xiuwen No 1 Middle School in Guizhou province gushing, not over a famous celebrity, but instead, over one of China's leading neo-Confucian philosophers, Wang Yangming.
Wang Shouren (1472-1529), more commonly known as Wang Yangming, a preeminent philosopher, thinker, politician and militarist during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), was one of the latter.
With more than 500 years of development, Yangming Culture is more than just a legacy of the treasure trove of Chinese history, rather it is a bridge for cultural exchange in the modern world.
In recent years, Xiuwen county in Guiyang, the capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province, has always given priority to education improvement, and has upgraded school facilities by increasing investment in education and speeding up educational infrastructure construction.
Xiuwen county in Guiyang, capital city of Southwest China's Guizhou province -- signed off on two projects worth 140 million yuan ($1.76 million) that will soon break ground there, at an investment promotion for Guizhou and East China's Jiangsu province held on May 11.
Xiuwen county in Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province, is actively developing its rural industries, in order to boost the revitalization of the sector in the region.