Why did the Yellow River and the Yangtze River breed Chinese civilization?

Because the endless Yellow River and Yangtze River have bred hundreds of millions of acres of fertile land, which is the core birthplace of agricultural civilization for 5,000 years.

In the early days of Chinese civilization, there were dozens of powerful dynasties, such as Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties and later Western Han, Eastern Han, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties, Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms, Song and Jin Dynasties, and the core areas of their political and economic activities were also in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River.

Many ancient classic cultural works reflecting the wisdom of the Chinese nation also originated in this area. Science and technology, invention, urban construction, literature and art, which marked ancient civilization, also came into being here.

Therefore, the Yellow River gave birth to Chinese civilization and nurtured Chinese children. People often say that the Yellow River is the cradle and mother river of the Chinese nation, and this is its significance.

Expanding information The birthplace of most ancient human civilizations in the world is located on the shores of rivers, lakes and seas or at the confluence of rivers. The Nile River in Egypt, the Ganges River in India, the Euphrates River and the Tigris River in Mesopotamia are the veins of ancient human civilization.

The ancient two rivers cultivated irrigated agriculture, and also made the tree of literature and mathematics sprout and grow. The invention of the wheel made communication and trade a reality, and the appearance of cuneiform made the Babylonians truly civilized. So before 3500 BC, the first truth in the world was born in these two basins.

The right city. However, the ancient civilization of the two river basins was based on a single irrigated agriculture. Once the irrigation conditions were lost, the ancient civilization declined, so the ancient Babylonian civilization was buried in the eternal dust.

Our ancient culture is not. At that time, the East Asian monsoon was sweeping through China. Although the complex and diverse natural environment is not as easy to use as Lianghe City, it has created various ecological factors for our ancestors and laid an objective foundation for them to invent and create higher and more complex technologies to use natural conditions.

Both the Yellow River and the Yangtze River originate from high mountains, not the plain Yuan Ye of Liangjiang City. Rivers spewing out of rocks can only be used with high technology, and the polycentric culture in a vast area makes the development of China culture not die because of the decline of a certain center. Therefore, the uninterrupted and sustainable development of ancient culture in China is an objective necessity.

Our Yellow River has been performing the drama of "Dragon Tail" in the North China Plain since ancient times. Frequent diversions, excessive floods and the formation of a large area of loess Yuan Ye provide a vast fertile and soft land for dry farming. The climate in this area is quite regular, and the rainy season is just in the growing period of crops.

Therefore, millet, which is suitable for the growth of yellow soil belt, has a short maturity and is easy to preserve, has become the main food crop in this period. The ancient culture in the Yellow River Basin experienced its own long-term development and evolution, and fully absorbed the cultural essence of the surrounding areas, and finally became the mainstream of early civilization in China.

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