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| Period | Neolithic |
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| Dates | c. 5800 – c. 5000 BCE |
| Preceded by | Peiligang culture, Dadiwan culture, Cishan culture |
| Followed by | Yangshao culture |
The Baijia culture (Ch:百家文化) is an ancient Neolithic culture of China, dated to 5800-5000 BCE. It is considered as the earliest Chinese culture to make painted pottery. The pottery was sometimes painted in simple red.[1]
The Baijia culture occupied a large area, in the Shaanxi-Gansu region.[1]
It is thought that painted pottery then reached the Yangshao culture, with its Lingkou and Banpo type of potteries, which developed from 5000 to 4200 BCE.[1]
The Baijia culture and Dadiwan culture are very similar and located near each other.[2]
The earliest evidence of painted pottery in China is associated with the Baijia culture located in the Shaanxi-Gansu region along the Wei River and on the upper reaches of Han River. Chronologically, the Baijia culture ranges from c.5800 BC to c. 5000 BC and extends as far west as the central region of Gansu. The pottery, some of it painted a simple red, was produced by an agriculturally oriented people. This was followed by the Lingkou and Banpo type of pottery of the Yangshao culture which subsequently developed between 5000 BC and 4200 BC, when straight-line geometric and fish patterns in black were popular.
Because the sites of Dadiwan and Baijia are concentrated in the Lishui River Basin, they have a completely consistent cultural appearance
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Prehistoric cultures of China
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| Middle Yellow River |
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| Lower Yellow River |
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| Middle and Upper Yangtze |
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| Lower Yangtze and Huai |
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| Southern China |
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| Tibet |
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| Xinjiang |
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| Taiwan |
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