What are the cultural types of painted pottery in the Yellow River Basin?

Painted pottery culture is widely distributed and lasts for a long time, stretching for more than 5,000 years from 8,000 years ago to 3,000 years ago, spanning Laoguantai, Yangshao, Majiayao, Dawenkou, Qujialing, Daxi, Hongshan, Qijia and other cultures, and its artistic achievements rank first in the history of painted pottery in the world. From the production technology, artistic achievements, historical value, appreciation space and many other factors, Yangshao, Majiayao and Qijia cultural painted pottery in Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai and Dawenkou cultural painted pottery in Shandong are the most suitable for collection.

Painted pottery originated in the Neolithic Age about 10000 years ago. In the Neolithic Age, people invented the technology of burning pottery, and the farming culture was relatively fixed. There were relatively developed pottery in Guanzhong area during the old Guantai culture period around 6000 BC, and a few of them were decorated with wide ribbons at the mouth, which was the bud of painted pottery. In 5000 BC, many exquisite painted pottery were found in Yangshao cultural site in banpo village, Xi 'an, which shows that during Banpo period, people have been able to control the kiln temperature skillfully and the painting art has reached a high level.

Extended information The painted pottery of Laoguantai culture was first discovered at the site of Yuan Jun Temple in hua county, Shaanxi, and later unearthed at several sites such as Baijia in Lintong, Beiliu in Weinan and Dadiwan in Gansu. It is mainly a kind of painted pottery, with purple wide stripes painted on the edge of the red pottery, which is embedded in the mouth of the pottery like a red hoop, and has a strong decorative effect. At the same time, the three feet of the red three-legged bowl are also painted red, like three red pillars supporting the pottery bowl. Where red is painted, it is the smooth surface of pottery, because the surface of pottery is covered with interlaced rope patterns.

In addition, the inner surface of a few red pottery pots is painted with three or four symmetrical simple patterns with different symbol shapes, such as points, circles, short straight lines and wavy lines, which is the earliest painted pottery found in China. During the same period, almost no other Neolithic cultures and earlier Neolithic cultures were found. Therefore, the painted pottery of Laoguantai culture became the bud of the painted pottery art in China in the Neolithic Age.

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