Characteristics of Chinese traditional agriculture

Chinese traditional agriculture is characterized by intensive cultivation according to local conditions.

Chinese traditional agriculture embodies and implements China's traditional thought of Yin-Yang and Five Elements, that is, the harmonious relationship between time, geography, man and nature. Intensive cultivation, crop rotation and interplanting, combination of land cultivation and combination of agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry are typical types of organic agriculture.

China is a form of agricultural production between primitive agriculture and modern agriculture, which is marked by the use of animal-drawn and manually operated metal farm tools. Its production technology is based on the accumulation of intuitive experience, and its typical form is Niu Geng with iron plough. Since China entered the class society in the Central Plains, traditional agriculture gradually formed, and then occupied a dominant position, which lasted until modern times.

stage of development

1, Xia, Shang, Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn are the transitional periods from primitive agriculture to intensive traditional agriculture, and the main features are gully agriculture associated with bronze tools, ploughing and coupling.

2. The Warring States, Qin and Han Dynasties, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties were the period of intensive cultivation, and the main feature was the formation of the dryland agricultural technology system with tillage, harrowing and tillage as the core.

3. Sui, Tang, Song, Liao, Jin and Yuan dynasties were the periods of intensive cultivation and agricultural expansion, and the main feature was the formation of paddy field agricultural technology system with tillage, harrowing and tillage as the core.

4. The Ming and Qing Dynasties were a period of intensive cultivation and sustained development, which was mainly manifested in coping with the contradiction between population and land shortage caused by rapid population growth, devoting to improving multiple cropping index and expanding cultivated land, and the land utilization rate reached the highest level of traditional agriculture.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Chinese Traditional Agriculture