cies of cultivated rice in ancient China is possibly more northward than in the modern times. The earliest rice grains unearthed from the Neolithic sites existed along the lower and middle reaches of the Yangtze River...cies of cultivated rice in ancient China is possibly more northward than in the modern times. The earliest rice grains unearthed from the Neolithic sites existed along the lower and middle reaches of the Yangtze River. The later ones were found in Yunnan Province, South China and along the Yellow River reaches. Primitive rice cropping in the Taihu Lake region which is on the lower reach of the Yangtze River has already a 6,000-7,000 years history and the primitive tribes growing rice there are ancestors of the Yue Nationality since the beginning of the history, hence the Yue Nationality is the most important one for rice cropping in China. During the periods of Spring-Autumn and Warring States to Qin and Han Dynasties (from 722 B.C. to A.D.220 ), Yue people disseminated rice to Japan, Korea and other Southeast Asian countries by sea. In the period of over 3,000 years since the recorded history,the rice development in China has experienced changes from north to south and from south to north. As Chinese c展开更多
文摘cies of cultivated rice in ancient China is possibly more northward than in the modern times. The earliest rice grains unearthed from the Neolithic sites existed along the lower and middle reaches of the Yangtze River. The later ones were found in Yunnan Province, South China and along the Yellow River reaches. Primitive rice cropping in the Taihu Lake region which is on the lower reach of the Yangtze River has already a 6,000-7,000 years history and the primitive tribes growing rice there are ancestors of the Yue Nationality since the beginning of the history, hence the Yue Nationality is the most important one for rice cropping in China. During the periods of Spring-Autumn and Warring States to Qin and Han Dynasties (from 722 B.C. to A.D.220 ), Yue people disseminated rice to Japan, Korea and other Southeast Asian countries by sea. In the period of over 3,000 years since the recorded history,the rice development in China has experienced changes from north to south and from south to north. As Chinese c
