First Proof of 5,000 Years of Chinese Civilization: Liangzhu Culture and the Ancient Liangzhu State: Liangzhu Culture and the Ancient Liangzhu State

Author: Zhou Ying
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: The "Liangzhu Culture" originated in the Taihu Lake Basin of the lower Yangtze River in China, representing a comprehensive absorption and integration of the Neolithic culture in the Taihu Lake Basin. Its outstanding achievements are manifested in: the world's most exquisite jade, stone, and black pottery craftsmanship to this day, as well as the social ritual systems, urban scale, and large-scale engineering construction it represents, along with large-scale paddy rice agriculture and the specialization of handicrafts.