Basic characteristics of ancient traditional agriculture in China

The main features of ancient agricultural development in China are:

1, emphasizing agriculture and restraining commerce was the basic agricultural economic policy adopted by the ancient rulers of China.

2. Agriculture was the most basic economic form in ancient China. The invention and improvement of agricultural tools, relatively mature agricultural technology and relatively complete agricultural management are one of the outstanding features of China's ancient economy.

3. The natural economy, which is based on the individual operation of small farmers, is the basic form of China's economy.

4. Rulers of past dynasties formulated land system and tax system, and improved production relations through adjustment, which created conditions for agricultural economic development.

5. Rulers of past dynasties paid attention to building water conservancy projects.

6. The economic center of gravity gradually shifts from the north of the Yangtze River to the south, which is the regional distribution feature of agriculture in China.

Development stage of Chinese traditional agriculture

Chinese traditional agriculture is intensive agriculture, which is mainly characterized by intensive cultivation according to local conditions, focusing on improving land utilization and increasing yield per unit area, and adopting a series of technical measures such as improved varieties, intensive cultivation, thin tubes and more fertilizer.

Its formation is related to the small-scale peasant management mode and the gradual formation of the pattern of more people and less land under the feudal landlord economic system. In terms of agronomy and yield, Chinese traditional agriculture once reached the highest level in the ancient world.

Taking grain production as the center, diversification is the dominant form of traditional agricultural production structure in China. In addition to this kind of agricultural areas, there are pastoral areas dominated by nomadic economy, which are interdependent and have ups and downs in different periods.