The Yangshao culture (Chinese: 仰韶文化; pinyin: Yǎngsháo wénhuà) was a Neolithic culture that existed extensively along the middle reaches of the Yellow River in China from around 5000 BC to 3000 BC.

The Yangshao culture exhibits the first evidence of settled agriculture in China, producing millet, wheat, rice, kaoliang, and possibly soybeans. They kept domesticated animals such as pigs and dogs, chickens, sheep, goats, and cattle, hunted, fished with nets, and gathered fruits and nuts.

Yangshao culture, (5000–3000 bce) prehistoric culture of China’s Huang He (Yellow River) basin, represented by several sites at which painted pottery has been uncovered.

The Yangshao culture was a Neolithic culture that thrived on the Loess Plateau along the Yellow River in China. In existence from around 5000 B.C. to 3000 B.C., it is named after Yangshao, the first excavated representative village of this culture, which was discovered in 1921 in Henan Province by the Swedish archaeologist Johan Gunnar ...

May 31, 2019 · The Yangshao culture is the term for an ancient civilization that existed in what is now central China (Henan, Shanxi, and Shaanxi provinces primarily) between the years 5000 and 3000 B.C.E.

Apr 21, 2021 · The Yangshao culture that existed during the late Neolithic Age was found mainly in Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, southern Hebei and eastern Gansu Provinces, and was especially prominent alongside in the middle reach of the Yellow River.

Jan 9, 2013 · The Yangshao culture (Chinese: 仰韶文化; pinyin: Yǎngsháo wénhuà) was a Neolithic culture that existed extensively along the central Yellow River in China.

Mar 31, 2023 · With its influence spanning vast stretches of land, the Yangshao culture is the largest, longest lasting, and most influential archaeological culture in prehistoric China.

The Yangshao culture ( Chinese: 仰韶文化; pinyin: Yǎngsháo wénhuà) was a Neolithic culture that existed extensively along the middle reaches of the Yellow River in China from around 5000 BC to 3000 BC.

Due to the beautifully decorated pottery it produced, the Yangshao culture is also known as Painted Pottery Culture. More than 1000 Yangshao culture sites have so far been discovered in the area around the middle reaches of the Yellow River.