It has been said, "To read China, one must first read traditional Chinese culture; to read Chinese culture one must first touch Chinese colored pottery." Painted Pottery, China's Historical Developmen

Living in the Yellow River valley 5 or 6 thousand years ago, at the stage of the prosperity of matrilineal clan communes. Ground stone tools, bows and arrows were commonly used. Primitive agriculture developed and primitive animal husbandry began. Would make brightly colored pottery, and use pottery, would build half-ground cave houses, settled life. Primitive agriculture was the main business, and the stone tools used were the more refined ground stone tools.