STUDY IN SHANDONG

Shandong Province has a time-honored history with a rich culture. Chengziya of Longshan Township of Zhangqiu County, is an important historical site of the "Longshan culture" of the Neolithic Age. Large quantities of cultural relics were unearthed there. The pottery excavated in white, grey, black, red and yellow in color, and is characterized by its dark brightness, exquisite craftsmanship, toughness and eggshell thinness. Culture which belongs to the same system as that of the relics in Chengziya of Longshan Township is generally call the the "Longshan culture" or "Black-Pottery culture". Like Yangshao and Xiaotun cultures, Longshan culture can be traced back to the same origin of the Cathaysian culture... In 1959, a large site of historical remains of the later period of the Neolithic Age, which was even earlier than the Longshan culture, was discovered in Dawenkou Village, named "Dawenkou culture". This discovery pointed to the origin of the Longshan culture and also provided..