Rice farming influenced many other aspects of the old Chinese economy. In ancient China, vast amounts of land, including the present middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River region and North China region, were suitable for planting rice, with most Chinese working the land in particular ways during the different seasons. The cultivation of rice led to the development of an economic lifecycle centered around agriculture: ploughing in spring, weeding in summer, harvesting in autumn, and hoarding in winter. Later, in southern China, especially with the development of meticulously intensive farming techniques during the Han Dynasty (206 BC вЂ“ 220 AD), rice rose to occupy an important position in Chinese culture. At this time, rice was a central part of aristocratic banquets.Дuring the Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC - 476 BC), rice became an important part of the diets for Chinese people. 771 BC) was in power, rice had become well accepted and extremely important, as can be seen from inscriptions on bronze vessels used as containers for storing rice. In the 1970s, seeds of long-grained non-glutinous rice were unearthed from the Neolithic ruins at Hemudu in Yuyao, Zhejiang Province, the earliest records of rice planting in China, and the world.Д«y the time the western Zhou Dynasty (c.1100 BC - c. Archaeologists have confirmed that China started planting rice at least 3,000 to 4,000 years ago. To date, traces of rice have been found in Hemudu of Yuyao, Zhejiang Province, Yangshao of Mianchi, Henan Province, Dachendun of Feidong, Anhui Province, Miaoshan of Nanjing and Xianlidun of Wuxi in Jiangsu Province, Qianshanyang of Wuxing, Zhejiang Province, Qujialing and Zhujiazui of Jingshan, Shijiahe of Tianmen, and Fangyingtai of Wuchang in Hubei Province. Weeding, rice transplanting, and irrigating all originated in the Yellow River Valley region in the north, and Hanshui Basin region in the northwest.

Later, these people began developing the land, making it more suitable for farming. According to Professor Zhang Deci, an expert on cultivation, rice first grew when people, who had lived mainly on hunting, fishing, and fruit collecting, happened to leave some seeds in low-lying areas. While exploring the status of rice in Chinese culture a number of developments become apparent. In this sense, traditional Chinese culture may be considered a вЂњrice culture.вЂќ The agricultural way of life, centered around rice, has had a strong influence on the social, economic, political and ideological developments of ancient China. The need for rice production has led the Chinese to pay particular attention to irrigation technologies, improving cultivation. This reliance on the land for so many thousands of years accounts for ChinaвЂ™s strong rural essence. Blood, sweat and tears have been shed over their soil in the pursuit of favorable harvests. The agricultural way of life, centered around rice, has played an important part in the countryвЂ™s history.ДЇor thousands of years, the Chinese have been diligently cultivating their land.

Chinese culture, boasting a lengthy history, is composed of numerous sub-cultures.

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