When was the wooden structure established in China?

The wooden buildings in China were established in ancient times and developed to a certain scale in the matriarchal clan society of the Neolithic Age.

Wood structure is the main structural type and important feature of ancient architecture in China. Since ancient times, when there are two primitive life forms, namely "nest" and "hole", the primitive prototype of wood structure has emerged. The description of "building wood as a nest" in ancient times in the literature is undoubtedly a description of the embryonic state of wood structure. As far as cave dwelling is concerned, the hole of bag-shaped vertical cave dwelling must also adopt supporting structure and covering structure composed of branches and branches of vegetation. As a result, it has evolved into various buildings built on the ground, forming a unique wood structure system in China.

Archaeological excavations have confirmed that as early as the Neolithic matriarchal clan society, a large number of clan settlement buildings have been discovered in the vast areas of the Yellow River Basin and the Yangtze River Basin. From the banpo village site in Xi 'an, Shaanxi Province and Hemudu site in Yuyao County, Zhejiang Province excavated in recent years, it can be seen that the wooden structures at that time had a considerable scale and level. The wooden components found in Hemudu site prove that the ancestors of China mastered the perfect tenon-mortise connection technology a long time ago, which also shows that the wooden structure has experienced a long process of use and development before this.