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Unearthed in Huangling of Shaanxi, it features the quite simple lines. The blurred figure tells that it should be the early works of the Yangshao culture.

Yangshao Culture

The Yangshao culture was a Neolithic culture that existed extensively along the central Yellow River in China. The Yangshao culture is dated from around 5000 BC to 3000 BC. The culture is named after Yangshao, the first excavated representative village of this culture, which was discovered in 1921 in Henan Province. The culture flourished mainly in the provinces of Henan, Shaanxi and Shanxi.

Detailed Study on Yangshao Culture

Painted Pottery Jar with Stork, Fish and Zax Patterns

Painted Pottery Jar with Stork, Fish and Zax Patterns

Painted Pottery Jar with Stork, Fish and Zax Patterns is a representative artwork of painted pottery in the Neolithic Age of China. It is unearthed from a burial chamber under the Yangshao Culture...
Bossed Pottery Vat with the Drawing of Gecko

Bossed Pottery Vat with the Drawing of Gecko

It is a burial goods unearthed from Hongshan Temple, Ruzhou.
Pottery Pot with X-shaped Pattern

Pottery Pot with X-shaped Pattern

In the late period of Yangshao culture, X-shaped and S-shaped pattern are the common adornments. Maybe they are the simplified fish patterns and petal-shaped patterns.
Earthen Basin Painted with the Design of Five Fish

Earthen Basin Painted with the Design of Five Fish

It is kept in Banpo Museum in Xi'an, Shaanxi and unearthed in Jiangzai, Xi'an, Shaanxi in 1975.
Earthen Bowl Painted with Triangular Pattern

Earthen Bowl Painted with Triangular Pattern

The triangular pattern on the earthen bowl is generally believed to be evolved from the fish pattern.
Boat-Shaped Painted Pottery Pot

Boat-Shaped Painted Pottery Pot

Unearthed in Baoji city of Shaanxi province, the pot is carved with fish net pattern on its both sides.
Painted Pottery Vat with a V-bottom

Painted Pottery Vat with a V-bottom

Traces of textile goods can be found on the patterns of the pottery vat, which can serve as the material evidence for the existence of the spinning at that time.
Head-shaped Painted Pottery Bottle

Head-shaped Painted Pottery Bottle

It is a mysterious wine vessel belonging to the Miaodigou type of Yangshao Culture.
Head-Shaped Pot

Head-Shaped Pot

This head-shaped pot is exquisitely made with lifelike expressions on it.
Red Pottery Urn Coffin

Red Pottery Urn Coffin

As a kind of burial tool, the urn coffin always has a small hole at one end of it, probably to enable the spirit of the dead to come in and out freely.
Wine Utensil

Wine Utensil

It belongs to the late tomb and bury of Miaodigou type from the Yangshao culture with a long history of around 5000 years.
Kettle and Tools used in Kitchen

Kettle and Tools used in Kitchen

It is made of corded pottery, featuring its high fire-resistance, not easy to break and quick at heat transmission.
Yangshao Village

Yangshao Village

Yangshao Village is a small village in west Henan not far from the Yellow River. In 1921, while excavating here, Swedish archeologist Johan Gunnar Andersson discovered painted pottery ware produced...
The Banpo Site

The Banpo Site

Located in the east of Xi'an, the Banpo Site is typical of a matriarchy clan society and it is the type-site associated with Yangshao Culture of the Neolithic Age. Covering an area of 50,000 square...
The Miaodigou Site

The Miaodigou Site

The Miaodigou Site contains the remains of Yangshao Culture (Miaodigou Type) and those during the transitional period from Yangshao Culture to Longshan Culture, known as "the second-phase Miaodigou...
The No. 1 Dragon of China

The No. 1 Dragon of China

In recent years, dragon and tiger images made of clamshells have been found in a tomb of Xishuipo Yangshao Culture Site in Puyang City of Henan Province. The tomb occupant was a man with special...
The Painted Pottery Vessel Rack

The Painted Pottery Vessel Rack

This is a stack used by people of the Neolithic Age to hold bowls, pots and other food vessels. At that time, people would sit on the ground while eating. To make the food more accessible, they put...
Rare-shaped Painted Pottery Pots

Rare-shaped Painted Pottery Pots

The pots were excavated in Gansu Province. The one on the left has two necks and a pair of round handles. A pot like this is quite rare.
The Painted Pottery Gui (Food Vessel)

The Painted Pottery Gui (Food Vessel)

The shape of this vessel is quite unusual. It is pretty much like a gui (a round-mouthed food vessel with two or four loop handles) of the Shang Dynasty. Judging from its shape, it may be a food...
The Pottery Bowl

The Pottery Bowl

This pottery bowl was excavated from the Banpo Site in Xi'an.
Painted Pottery Pieces from Banpo Culture Site

Painted Pottery Pieces from Banpo Culture Site

The geometric lines engraved on these painted pottery pieces are mostly animal patterns, which reflect Banpo people's rich artistic imagination and the ability to imitate things in the nature world.
Painted Pottery Jar with Stork, Fish and Zax Patterns

Painted Pottery Jar with Stork, Fish and Zax Patterns

The Yangshao was one of the many Neolithic cultures that emerged in the Yellow River Valley area which was based on millet cultivation. Archaeologists have dated the Yangshao culture approximately...
Yangshao Culture Spirit - Fish of Surplus

Yangshao Culture Spirit - Fish of Surplus

Fish, as a cultural symbol, has lasting and inseparable relation with Chinese culture. It was deified as a spirit in the Yangshao Culture, which was one Eolithic Culture in ancient Chinese history...