Abstract: This research,based on the oral history of the rural teachers,discussed the recruiting mechanism and its influence from 1949 to 1976 in China.The research indicates that the recruiting of rural teachers in China at that time was led by the villages and meanwhile supported by the government.As a result,the teachers at the time were locally recruited,but with different family backgrounds under various categories(government-managed teachers and non-government-managed teachers) ,different educational levels and therefore were greatly diversified in teaching quality.The social environment and the selection methods together recruited and trained a group of rural teachers,who love education,and love rural China,with high moral standards,high motivation and deep passion to rural education.They made tremendous contributions to the education,the cultural development and modernization of production and living styles in rural China.

Key words: early rural teacher of PRC, recruiting mechanism, education in rural areas, development of countryside