The Origin Of State Of The West Liaohe River Area

West Liaohe River Basin namely the West Liaohe River area in China is an important source in the Northern Farming deposit soil formation and development of Chinese civilization. Ancient human use and at the same time to adapt to this area’s unique natural and geographical environment, formed its own set of cultural development system, so that the area after the arrival of the Neolithic, Paleolithic hunting mining economy tradition intact, this determines the area from Neolithic age to the early bronze age society of the industrial structure, we experienced a process dominated by fishing and hunting to farming-based long-term change, and therefore called for the early hunting and fishing- farming culture.Elements in a variety of civilization as the research foundation for each stage of the productivity level, social organizations, as well as religious generalizations of the superstructure, the civilization of the west liaohe area is generally according to the time period is divided into four stages, the arrangement is as follows:The first stage, from 8000 to 7200 years ago, the West Liaohe River entered the Neolithic period, the culture, including: Xinglong depression culture, Xinglonggou culture, white two tone long sweat. This time with the advent of agriculture, ceramics for the beginning signs to differentiate between rich and poor appears to mark the end of this period is the material basis for the foundation of civilization. People gradually live a settled life. With the development of productivity, up to that time period, the product began some "surplus", culminating in the social stratification. Jade production in terms of a smaller number, small body, was a single class, more than a simple geometric shape form circular, square, etc., is no surface ornamentation, showing the original level of the early development of jade, jade this time technology has open drilling, polishing precedent. Socio-economic development fishing or hunting, are the later stages of matriarchal;The second stage, 7200 ~ 5500 years ago, culture includes: Zhaobaogou culture, early and mid Hongshan culture. This stage is a stage Qunsheng elements of civilization, progress productivity mainly in the manufacture of pottery and jade. Further development of agriculture. Religion and other elements of civilization during this period of the synchronous development, content and method of religious worship changed on a relatively more advanced stage of religious worship, and in the purpose of projecting, began to have separate worship area, and with the social management closely related to the organization. Dual small family marital, pairing marriage into the mainstream. Fishing or hunting social and economic development continues to move forward, is prepared chiefdom society;The third stage is 5500 to 4500 years ago, culture, including: the late Hongshan Culture Xiaoheyan culture. This time popular jade, ritual performance in use and the only jade burial, religion upgrade to Dragon worship and worship leader. And use of the Hongshan Culture period carved jade has a certain scale, has a relatively complete system of systems jade ritual, this time with large sacrificial site for the mainstream. Hongshan Culture period found a lot of accumulating Cairn group, one altar mound for the study provided evidence sprout etiquette and patriarchal commune. Late Hongshan Culture period found the wall, Hongshan Culture dating back five thousand years ago has been smelting. Copper stone in this area and with age, socio-economic development here is that both hunting and fishing and agriculture, the early part of the State;The fourth stage is 4500 to 3500 years ago, culture includes: Xiajiadian. Metal tools and Cultural City Site group appeared during this period. Productivity construction industry in this period mainly reflected in lime, similar to the application of cement mixed soil properties; metallurgy invention. Xia Jia Dian lower culture in the Neolithic culture in the region on the basis of the formation and absorption, including a variety of cultural factors Erlitou, the first commercial, Yue stone and developed a bronze culture. Because of its inheritance of traditional culture, and constantly surrounded by the essence of the cultural district more developed culture converge in one, it is the highest level of development and the first to enter the Northeast culture bronze civilization. Western Liaoning Province has always played a leading and prominent role in the formation and development of bronze culture in the Northeast. To summer time on the lower guest tombs planning process is more advanced and complex, and began to differentiate the different classes of the cemetery, which is the class etiquette should have been formed, bringing the ancient tombs in the form of concrete has also been reflected. To Xiajiadian culture period, social progress to the Early Bronze Age, social and economic development to the stage predominantly agricultural, belonging to the Kingdom era.