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What are the ancient economic forms?

The ancient society developed from "slash and burn" to "stone hoe plowing"; Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the use of iron plows in Niu Geng has become the main farming method in Chinese traditional agriculture.

The influence of Tieli Niu Geng on China's ancient economic formation includes emphasizing agriculture and restraining commerce and taking agriculture as the foundation. Thus formed the small-scale peasant economy. Intensive cultivation has also become a feature.

Features: Small-scale peasant economy is the basic agricultural production mode in China feudal society for a long time. Small-scale peasant economy takes the family as the unit of production and life, and combines agriculture with cottage industry. The main purpose of production is to meet their basic living needs and pay taxes, and it is a self-sufficient natural economy. In China, the self-sufficient natural economy always dominated the feudal economy.