Significance of Banpo Pottery Symbol
The analysis and research show that Banpo's character symbols have developed to a quite mature stage and become the glyphs of Chinese characters, which has laid a basic framework for word-making methods. He carefully inspected the site of Banpo people (reference: Banpo site) and calculated that Banpo people were separated from modern people by 300 generations. They can build houses, mainly engage in agricultural production and live a settled life. Banpo people can also grow vegetables, raise livestock, grow hemp and weave cloth, weave fishing nets, make bows and arrows, and fish and hunt in the slack season. Their ruins and remains give people a picture of rural life. The stable living environment has created favorable conditions for the development of science, culture and art. Banpo people have mastered some meteorological knowledge, can make painted pottery, and their painting has reached a fairly high level. "Banpo people" are very civilized, and the "Banpo era" is well-deserved to be called the civilized era.