DOI issue:
Vol. VI : 2 1989
DOI article:Xing-guang, Wang: On the Chinese plough
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.49003#0095
THE CHINESE PLOUGH
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Fig. 45. Ox-ploughing in modern China, Gushi, Henan Prov. 1989 (Photo by Wang Xing-guang). □
Pfliigen mit einem Ochsen im heutigen China, Gushi County, Prov. Henan, 1989. (Foto Wang Xing-
guang).
Notes
1. Prof. Jia Lan-po is an outstanding palaeoan-
thropologist and archaeologist in China; this
message came from the letter that he sent to me
in April 27, 1984.
2. Liangzhu Culture: a Neolithic culture which
was first discovered at Liangzhu Town of Yu-
hang County in Zhejiang Province. Farming
was fairly well developed.
3. Longshan Culture: a late Neolithic culture of
some 4,000 years ago, first discovered at
Chengziya of Longshan Town in Zhangqiu,
Shandong Prov. It covered the middle and
lower reaches of the Yellow River. The econo-
my was mainly agricultural, with a certain
amount of animal husbandry.
4. Yangshao Culture: a Neolithic culture of five
to six millennia ago. What is known as the
Yangshao Culture was first discovered in 1921
at Yangshao Village, Mianchi in Henan Prov-
ince, its area covering the middle and lower
reaches of the Yellow River. Tools were mainly
of stone and bone; painted pottery was made
for daily use. The economy depended chiefly
on agriculture and was supplemented by fish-
ing, hunting and livestock keeping.
5. Hemudu Culture: excavations in 1973 at He-
mudu Village in Yuyao, Zhejiang Province, re-
vealed an early Neolithic culture of 6000-7000
years ago in the middle and lower reaches of
the Yangtse River.
6. Majiabang Culture: a Neolithic culture discov-
ered in 1959 at Majiabang, Jiaxing County,
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Fig. 45. Ox-ploughing in modern China, Gushi, Henan Prov. 1989 (Photo by Wang Xing-guang). □
Pfliigen mit einem Ochsen im heutigen China, Gushi County, Prov. Henan, 1989. (Foto Wang Xing-
guang).
Notes
1. Prof. Jia Lan-po is an outstanding palaeoan-
thropologist and archaeologist in China; this
message came from the letter that he sent to me
in April 27, 1984.
2. Liangzhu Culture: a Neolithic culture which
was first discovered at Liangzhu Town of Yu-
hang County in Zhejiang Province. Farming
was fairly well developed.
3. Longshan Culture: a late Neolithic culture of
some 4,000 years ago, first discovered at
Chengziya of Longshan Town in Zhangqiu,
Shandong Prov. It covered the middle and
lower reaches of the Yellow River. The econo-
my was mainly agricultural, with a certain
amount of animal husbandry.
4. Yangshao Culture: a Neolithic culture of five
to six millennia ago. What is known as the
Yangshao Culture was first discovered in 1921
at Yangshao Village, Mianchi in Henan Prov-
ince, its area covering the middle and lower
reaches of the Yellow River. Tools were mainly
of stone and bone; painted pottery was made
for daily use. The economy depended chiefly
on agriculture and was supplemented by fish-
ing, hunting and livestock keeping.
5. Hemudu Culture: excavations in 1973 at He-
mudu Village in Yuyao, Zhejiang Province, re-
vealed an early Neolithic culture of 6000-7000
years ago in the middle and lower reaches of
the Yangtse River.
6. Majiabang Culture: a Neolithic culture discov-
ered in 1959 at Majiabang, Jiaxing County,