Hemudu Relics, which is located in Hemudu village in Yuyao city, has been verified to have a history of 7000 years. From the site, large amount of rice, animals' remains, fruits, wooden buildings, oars, thousands of ceramic vessels and primitive handicraft have been excavated. This stands to prove that Ningbo is the first place to grow rice. Like the Yellow Valley, Yangtze Valley is also the origin of China's brilliant culture.

Hemudu Relics is now under national preservation. And a museum of Hemudu Relics has been built with inscriptions from the late Chairman Jiang Zeming. Researchers can find here many objects and documents for their study of human history.