Hemudu culture
The Neolithic Hemudu culture (Chinese河姆渡 文化) was from about 7000 BC and flourished from about 5200-4500 BC Other sources date the Hemudu culture to the period of roughly 5000 BC -3300 BC
Remnants of this culture were found in 1973 in the eponymous village Hemudu. Since May 1993 there exists a museum that shows the most important finds of the excavations and dealt with the Hemudu culture. The museum also has an outdoor area with replicas of characteristic buildings of the Hemudu culture. The site and the museum (29 ° 57 ' 51 " N, 121 ° 20' 40 " O29.9642121.3444 ) lying in circle Yuyao in the north of China's Zhejiang province, south of Hangzhou Bay and 120 km south of present-day Shanghai. Other localities are located in Jiangbei District of Ningbo City, as well as in Tianluoshan and on the Zhoushan Islands Fujiashan. Significant holdings to Hemudu culture are also located in Zhejiang Provincial Museum.
The Hemudu culture was, among others, one of the first cultures that operated the cultivation of wet rice, the extraction and processing of paint and sericulture. Also, comes one of the oldest finds of cooked rice from there. In addition to the cultivation of rice cultivation of the people of Hemudu culture the economy was also based on the breed of water buffalo, pigs and dogs. Fishing, hunting and gathering supplemented the diet.
Many items were made of bone - Chipping eg from shoulder blades of animals. In Hemudu found flutes made of bird bones resemble today's Dizi Bamboo Flute. In addition, presented is polished, decorated with geometric patterns painted ceramic ago and made bowls and wooden bowls. In addition, ivory was processed and decorated with representations of phoenixes. The clay pots were in contrast to the brown vessels of Majiabang culture typically colored (4750-3700 BC) black. This coexisted the Hemudu culture for around 1000 years in which there was a cultural exchange. However, both cultures were different from each other.
Wooden houses were built designed and built on stilts on the water. Also, rectangular, lined with wooden fountain were known. Rowing and remains of Lehmschiffen were also discovered. Well due to flooding and the change of the bed of Yaojiang River, possibly by salinization of the soil, migrated from the carriers of the Hemudu culture.
The Hemudu site is on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China since 1982.