Similarities and differences between Yangshao culture and Longshang culture

Longshan culture generally refers to a cultural relic in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River in China in the late Neolithic period. The bronze culture, named after its discovery in Longshan Town, Zhangqiu, Shandong Province, is about 4350-3950 years ago. Distributed in Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other provinces in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. In Dawenkou culture, the fast-wheel pottery-making technology was widely used in this period. The polished black pottery is more in quantity and better in quality. It is made by firing vessels as thin as eggshells and its surface is as bright as paint, which is the peak period in the history of pottery making in China.

Longshan culture belongs to the late Neolithic period in China. During this period, agriculture and animal husbandry in Shaanxi developed greatly compared with Yangshao culture, and the number and types of production tools also increased greatly. The technology of quick-wheel pottery making is more common, which greatly improves the production efficiency. At the same time, witchcraft activities such as divination are also very popular. From the social form, it had entered the patriarchal society at that time, private property had appeared and began to enter the threshold of class society.

Yangshao culture is an important Neolithic culture in the middle reaches of the Yellow River. Yangshao culture was discovered in Yangshao Village, Mianchi County, Sanmenxia City, Henan Province in 192 1, so it was called Yangshao culture, which lasted about 5000 to 3000 BC. It is distributed in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, from today's Gansu Province to Henan Province. Today, thousands of Yangshao cultural sites have been discovered in China, of which Henan Province and Shaanxi Province are the most, and they are the centers of Yangshao culture.

Yangshao culture is about 7000 years ago, which is the most prosperous period of painted pottery in Neolithic age in China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, covering Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Hebei, Ningxia and other places.

Yangshao culture belongs to the culture in the prosperous period of matriarchal clan commune system.

Tong: They all belong to the Neolithic culture and originated in the Yellow River basin.

Different: Longshan culture was in the late Neolithic period in China. During this period, agriculture and animal husbandry in Shaanxi developed greatly compared with Yangshao culture. From the social form, it had entered the patriarchal society at that time, private property had appeared and began to enter the threshold of class society. Yangshao culture also belongs to the matriarchal clan commune system culture in the prosperous period.