What are the historical characteristics of Chinese civilization?

Chinese civilization can be divided into three periods: primitive civilization, agrarian civilization and industrial civilization.

Primitive civilization lasted from the ancient times to the establishment of the Xia Dynasty, agrarian civilization lasted from the Xia Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty before the beginning of the Opium War, and industrial civilization lasted from the beginning of the Opium War to the present time and is still ongoing and deepening.

Taking these three phases of civilization as a starting point, Chinese culture should be divided into the pre-civilization period (Paleolithic and Neolithic), the embryonic period (Xia, Shang, and Zhou periods), the formative period (Spring, Autumn, and Warring States periods), the stereotypical period (Qin and Han periods), the developmental period (Wei, Jin, and North and South Dynasties, as well as the Tang and Song periods), the maturity period (Yuan and Ming dynasties to the Qing dynasty before the Opium War), and the transition period (starting from the Opium War and continuing up to the present). The following is a narrative and introduction to each of the major features and aspects of China's cultural development.