The Historical Origin of Fuhe Culture

Fuhe culture is a Neolithic culture in northern China. It was named after the site of Fuhegoumen, Balinzuoqi, Zhaowuda League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. It is mainly distributed in the area of the Urjimulun River basin north of the Xilamulun River basin. The age is around 3350 BC. Residents are engaged in agricultural production, but the fishing and hunting economy still occupies an important position. Production tools include stone hoes, poles, chisels, axes and fine stone tools. Pottery includes straight cylindrical cans and oblique devices compatible with cookers, mostly sand-brown pottery, and zigzag patterns with decorative embossing and grate points. There are more than 150 houses in Dacun. People live in square or round houses with semi-basements. Oracle Bone Inscriptions's discovery is the earliest known divination relic in China.

Fuhe Culture and Xinglongwa Culture are two independent Neolithic archaeological cultures in the West Liaohe River Basin. Judging from the features of housing ruins, settlement layout, relics and economic forms, Fuhe culture directly absorbed many factors of Xinglongwa Culture in the process of its formation and development, and they have a direct relationship of inheritance and development. Some factors of Fuhe culture were inherited by Zhaobaogou culture and became one of the important sources of Zhaobaogou culture. In the development sequence of Neolithic archaeological culture in the West Liaohe River basin, Fuhe culture came first, and then Xinglongwa Culture. Fuhe culture is in a transitional stage between two prosperous periods, and its era is about 7200-7000 years ago. There is no inheritance or evolution relationship between Fuhe culture and Hongshan Culture.