《孟子》的《告子章句上》论及:“性,犹湍水也,决诸东方则东流,决诸西方则西流。人性之无分于善不善也,犹水之无分于东西也”。宁波初民在人与水的对话中,诞生了河姆渡文明;宁波先民从生存到生活的抉择中,开启了宁波文明的水之路。独特的四明之水,造就了宁波特有的水利文化,因此而孕育了宁波特有的稻作文化、运河文化、诗路文化、书香文化、渔文化、港口文化…… Mencius’s “On the Chapters of a Chapter” refers to: “Sexuality is still flowing from the east, while the east is flowing eastward, while the west is westward. Things are also ”. In the dialogue between man and water, the early people of Ningbo started the Hemudu civilization. From the choices of survival and life, Ningbo ancestors started the water way of Ningbo civilization. The unique water of Si Ming has created Ningbo’s unique water conservancy culture, thus giving birth to the unique rice culture, canal culture, poem road culture, scholarly culture, fishing culture and port culture of Ningbo.