Yuanmou County, Yunnan

About 1.7 million years ago

It is the earliest ancient human being confirmed so far in my country.

Can use fire

Able to make tools

The ruins are located on Longgu Mountain in Zhoukoudian, southwest of Beijing.

About 700,000-200,000 years ago

Making and using hammered stone tools (Paleolithic)

group life

Have learned to use fire (natural fire) and can preserve fire for a long time

In the cave at the top of Longgu Mountain in Zhoukoudian

About 30,000 years ago

The appearance is basically the same as that of modern people

Use stone tools

Mastered polishing and drilling techniques

Know how to make fire artificially

They lived by gathering and hunting, fishing and sewing clothes.

They already have a sense of love for beauty, and they also bury the dead.

Live a collective life

Yangtze River Basin

Artificially cultivated rice

Domestic animals are mainly dogs, pigs and buffaloes

Can make pottery, jade and simple musical instruments and bone whistles

Able to carve and use techniques such as natural lacquer

Yellow River Basin

Use ground stone tools

Mainly cultivate millet

Raising livestock such as pigs and dogs

Can use bows, arrows, spears, ten balls, etc. to hunt animals.

I can fish and sometimes collect wild fruits.

Mainly use pottery

Able to do simple weaving and clothing making

Legend has it that he had the power to create formulas to protect himself from the cold and heat, to make clothes, to dig wells to build ships, to make steel, and to invent the bow and arrow.

It is said that during the Huangdi period, Cangjie created writing, Linglun made music, and was the first to invent the abacus. Huangdi's wife Leizu was good at reeling silk and was good at weaving.

Their tribes mainly live in the Weihe River Basin of Shaanxi Province

Legend has it that Emperor Yan taught people to cultivate and cultivate, make production tools, grow grains and vegetables, make pottery, invent textiles, boil salt, and teach people to exchange items.

A large number of painted pottery found at Xi'an, Banpo, Henan Yangshao and other sites fully prove that high manufacturing technology was available at that time

Legend has it that Emperor Yan could also make musical instruments, harps and harps, and had the earliest knowledge of astronomy and calendars.