2. The original inhabitants of Hemudu and Banpo lived in the prosperous period of matriarchal clan commune, and were the early inhabitants of the Yangtze River valley and the Yellow River valley in China respectively. According to the relics of Hemudu and Banpo sites, China was the first country to grow rice and millet in the world.
Yandi and Huangdi are regarded as the earliest ancestors of the Chinese nation.
4. Xia Dynasty, founded in the 2nd/kloc-0th century, was the first slavery dynasty in China. Later, Shang Tang destroyed Xia Dynasty and established Shang Dynasty, also known as Yin Shang Dynasty.
5. Oracle Bone Inscriptions of Shang Dynasty unearthed in Anyang, Henan Province shows that the history of written examination in China began in Shang Dynasty. Today's Chinese characters are developed from Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Simuwu Dafang Ding is the largest bronze ware unearthed so far.
6. Confucius was a great thinker and educator in China during the Spring and Autumn Period.
7. China's first collection of poems was The Book of Songs.