Primitive culture
Important grain production base in China
In the late Paleolithic period, there were primitive human activities here 5, years ago.
Sites inhabited by primitive humans have been found in Jingshan Wusan Farm and Jigongshan, five kilometers northeast of Jingzhou City.
In addition, many stone tools were unearthed in the Holocene gray-black soil layers in Jingshan, Zhongxiang and Jingzhou, indicating that human activities in Jianghan Plain were quite frequent at that time.
When the society developed to the Neolithic Age, the primitive culture in Jianghan Plain was more developed and prosperous.
Daxi culture, Qujialing culture and Shijiahe culture constitute the main body of primitive culture in this area.
These three primitive cultures have left rich remains of human activities in Jianghan Plain, among which Qujialing Culture and Shijiahe Culture were first discovered and named in Jianghan Plain, and Daxi Culture was first discovered in Daxi Site in Wushan County, Chongqing, but also distributed in Jianghan Plain.
The understanding of the primitive culture of Jianghan Plain is mainly realized through the understanding of the existence of various heritages left by primitive humans
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among these remains, there are not only relics of different times and different properties, but also relics of various production tools and daily necessities.
There are not only Paleolithic sites such as Jigong Mountain in Jingzhou, Brick Factory in Taihu Lake and Wusan Farm in Jingshan, but also Neolithic sites such as Shijiahe Site in Tianmen City, Shahu Lake in Xiantao, Guihua Tree in Songzi, Liuhe in Zhongxiang, Zoumaling in Shishou, Qujialing and Youziling in Jingshan, Yinxiangcheng in Jingzhou and Wangjiagang in Gongan.
The relics are mainly stone tools, pottery and jade articles used by primitive ancestors in their production and life.
The exhibits in this exhibition, including the remains model, reproduce the social features and people's production and living conditions in Jianghan Plain in prehistoric times from different angles.
Jianghan Plain, located in the center of Hubei Province, has good climatic conditions, fertile land and abundant products.
In ancient times, human beings lived and multiplied here, and created a developed culture and civilization. It is the birthplace of ancient culture in the Yangtze River valley and even in southern China, and it is also one of the regions with the highest level of primitive culture development in China.
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Modern History
Grain and cotton cloth were two main agricultural products that entered long-distance circulation in Ming and Qing Dynasties.
According to Wu Chengming's research, both of these items increased in the market in Ming and Qing Dynasties, especially in Qing Dynasty.
in the middle of Qing dynasty, about 36 million stone rice entered the long-distance circulation field every year, and besides 6 million stone grain, 3 million stone grain was commercial grain, which was three times as much as that in the late Ming dynasty.
The Yangtze River Delta is the most important grain import area. The second most important commodity is cotton cloth, and 15% of all commercial cloth or 45 million pieces per year enter the long-distance circulation market.
According to Schultz's logic, Jianghan Plain, as an area producing both rice
the future agricultural ecological landscape model of Jianghan Plain
and cotton cloth, should respond more positively to this expanding market, increase its output and export more rice and cotton cloth.
But as shown by Wu, in the mid-18th century, only a little wheat entered the long-distance trade in northern Hubei (including parts of Jianghan Plain). Jianghan cotton cloth is only a very small part of long-distance trade (the proportion is unknown), and 9% cotton cloth is provided by Jiangnan.
In fact, Jianghan Plain rarely exported rice grain after the early Qing Dynasty, and the cotton cloth it produced was mainly for local consumption (especially for farmers themselves).
as you will see below, in most cases, whether you are involved in the market is related to many factors.
Immigrants moved to Jianghan Plain mainly because there are a lot of wasteland that can be cultivated there.
Most of the new arrivals are war refugees or victims, and people from places with high population density. The main purpose of their migration is to survive.
They certainly hope to find a better life in this new place.
However, due to the local water conservancy conditions, they have to adapt to the changing environment.
they reclaim land for survival, not for market profits.
Although some small farmers also get involved in the market by planting cash crops, their behavior is seriously restricted by local environmental conditions.
customs
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1. Eat Monopterus albus, and the Jianghan plain will eat Monopterus albus every Dragon Boat Festival.
Monopterus albus is also known as eel and long fish.
Monopterus albus in the Dragon Boat Festival is plump, tender and delicious, nutritious, not only delicious, but also nourishing.
Therefore, there is a folk saying that "Monopterus albus competes in the Dragon Boat Festival".
Xiantao city is known as the city of Monopterus albus in China. The area of Monopterus albus culture has reached 12, mu, and there are 2.4 million cages for raising Monopterus albus, with an output of 5, tons, accounting for 21% of the total national culture output. The annual output exceeds 1.5 billion yuan, and the average benefit per mu reaches 5, yuan to 8, yuan.
Its Monopterus albus is exported to all parts of the country, and brands such as "mian yang" and "Pioneer" are also exported to Korea, Japan, Malaysia and other countries.
Monopterus albus breeding technology is mature, and the breeding norms and standards are perfect, forming a mature breeding technology. Monopterus albus breeding has been certified as a pollution-free agricultural product, and a national agricultural standardization demonstration zone and an export filing base have been established to ensure product quality and safety; The industrial chain is basically complete and the economic benefits are good.
2. On March 3rd, rice boiled eggs, and the origin of boiled eggs with vegetables, there is a legend: During the Three Kingdoms period, the famous doctor Hua Tuo came to Miancheng to collect medicines. One day, when he was sheltering from the rain in an old man's home, he saw that the old man was suffering from headache and dizziness, and he was embarrassed.
Hua Tuo immediately diagnosed the old man, and collected a handful of rice dishes in the old man's garden, asking the old man to take juice and boil eggs to eat.
The old man did this, took three eggs, and he recovered.
The story spread, and people boiled eggs with rice dishes one after another, and the craze spread all over urban and rural areas.
Hua Tuo treated the elderly on the third day of March. Therefore, on the third day of March, cooking eggs with rice dishes became a custom in Miancheng.
Later, it spread gradually and became popular in Jianghan Plain.
3. Eating steamed vegetables, Tianmen is the first and only "Hometown of Steamed Vegetables in China" in Hubei Province, which is located in the hinterland of Jianghan Plain, also known as "Hometown of Fish and Rice". There are abundant products, numerous specialties and distinctive food culture here.
More than 1 kinds of rice noodles in Huangtan, dried fragrant beans in Jiangchang, taro rings in Yuekou, fried rice cakes in Zhanggang, colorful clams in Yihe, pot-pot clams in barrel furnace, Tianmenhua cake, Huangchang cake, orange-petal fish balls, steamed eel, steamed eel in Tianmen Jiuzheng, spring fish, Zhong Xing loach, shark's fin with crab roe, American hot pot, turtle broth and stewed fish.
Folk Songs
Folk Songs Branch of Jianghan Plain: This area includes Hubei, southwestern Henan and parts of northern Hunan, and is the center of ancient Chu culture.
use southwest dialect.
The ancient culture is relatively developed, and the folk art has a long history. So far, it still retains antique local characteristics in many aspects.
Tianmian Huagu Opera, Sanbanggu and folk stories, and mian yang folk songs have entered the national intangible cultural heritage list.
The famous songs are Sister Huang and Fishing Song of Honghu Lake.
The famous "Hong Hushui Beats Waves", the music of the song is created by absorbing the most vital music from Tianmian Huagu Opera and folk music in Xiantao, Tianmen and Qianjiang. The song "Xianghe Ballad" and mian yang ditty "Moon Looking Lang" popular in Jianghan Plain in 195s became its main music materials.