Hemudu has a history of 7,000 years, but it cannot be said that the south of Chinese civilization is earlier than the north. Hemudu site has the title of the first village in the southeast coast, but there are actually many sites earlier than Hemudu site. There have been many sites earlier than Hemudu site in the north, such as Nanzhuangtou site in Xu Shui, Hebei, Donghulin site in Beijing and Xinglongwa site in Inner Mongolia, all of which are many years earlier than Hemudu site, ranging from 1 10,000 to 8,000 years ago. So, but from this point of view, we can't say that the civilized south of China is earlier than the north.

However, in terms of cultural origin, the world archaeological community recognizes that the birthplace of Chinese culture is Majiabin culture in Zhejiang. Majiabin people in Zhejiang Province began to grow rice on a large scale more than 7,000 years ago, while Emperor Yan in the north taught northerners to grow rice more than 4,500 years ago. From this point of view, Majiabin people in Zhejiang planted rice much earlier than Emperor Yan.

There is a very distinctive thing in Chinese civilization, which is the dragon. In the Central Plains, the totem of Emperor Yan is cow, the totem of Chiyou is cow and bird, and the totem of Baiyue is dragon. Baiyue is now in Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi. Therefore, although Hemudu has a history of 7,000 years, it cannot be said that the south of Chinese civilization is earlier than the north, but it can be proved to another extent that the south of Chinese civilization is earlier than the north.

At the same time, Zhejiang is the only birthplace of Chinese civilization, which is recognized by the world, so it is an indisputable fact that there is no need to prove anything.