Moreover, Hongshan Culture is credited with remarkable achievements in architecture, pottery-making, jade-carving and pottery sculptures which are at higher levels than those of Xinglongwa Culture and Zhaobaogou Culture. The duet of square pottery molds unearthed at the relics of a house of Hongshan Culture at Xitai, Aohan Banner, which is the earliest mold for metal casting, shows that the early people of Hongshan Culture had mastered the technology of bronze casting.
Judging from the position of Hongshan Culture in the archeological culture of ancient Northern China and China in the Neolithic Age, it can be well assumed that Hongshan Culture is one of the most advanced cultures among the ranks of its peers in both southern and northern China at that time, when the smelting of bronze had made an appearance, the earliest cities surrounded by ditches had shown up, and the division between urban and rural areas had taken shape.
Religious activities characterized by the worshiping of dragon and jade and respecting the ancestors were in vogue. The conflicts among social groups and the subsequent fights for the unification of religious beliefs had become the fundamental social issue. This is further proof to the assumption that the people of Hongshan Culture had marched from the clan society into the historical phase of ancient kingdoms.
Therefore, it can be said that by laying a foundation for the development of the Chinese civilization of five thousand years and formulating and influencing the layout of the origin and the progress of the protocol-dominating culture of China, Hongshan Culture plays an extremely essential role in the evolution of Chinese civilization.
Editor: Hu Zhicheng
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