Liangzhu Culture![]()
Majiayao Painted Pottery
The Bronze Age of China
Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian |
It is a kind of Neolithic culture located in the northern Zhejiang province and the southern coastal areas of Jiangsu province. It is discovered first in the Liangzhu Township, Hangzhou, Zhejiang in 1931, therefore the similar discoveries afterwards near the site is all together called Liangzhu Culture. With the exquisitely made stone farming tools and the finely polished and regular pottery wares, the period witnessed a quite developed agriculture production. Two species of rice namely japonica rice and indica rice, horsebean and peanuts etc. can be found at that time. |
















