提起余姚,人们自然会联想到她是具有7000多年历史的河姆渡文化的发祥地,历史底蕴深厚,名人辈出。先后涌现出以东汉高士严子陵、明代哲学家王阳明、明末清初著名学者黄宗羲、中日文化交流使者朱舜水等为代表的一批文化名人,素有“文献名邦”、“东南最名邑”的美誉。如今,这座浙东小城,经济活跃,实力雄厚,在2015年县域经济全国百强县(市)中位列第14名,已连续五年被评为中国最具幸福感城市。 Mention of Yuyao, people will naturally think of her as the birthplace of Hemudu culture with more than 7,000 years of history, profound historical background, celebrities come forth in large numbers. A series of famous cultural figures such as Yan Ziling in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Wang Yangming in the Ming Dynasty, famous scholars Huang Zongxi in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, Zhu Shunshui, an ambassador for Sino-Japanese cultural exchange, successively emerged. They were known as “名邑 ”" in the world. Today, the small town of eastern Zhejiang, with its economy and strength, ranked 14th in the top 100 county counties (cities) in the county economy in 2015 and has been voted as the happiest city in China for five consecutive years.