Baijia culture

The Baijia culture (Ch:百家文化) is an ancient Neolithic culture of China, dated to 5800-5000 BCE. It is considered as the earliest Chinese culture to make painted pottery. The pottery was sometimes painted in simple red.^[1]

Baijia culture

Period	Neolithic
Dates	c. 5800 – c. 5000 BCE
Preceded by	Peiligang culture, Dadiwan culture, Cishan culture
Followed by	Yangshao culture

The Baijia culture occupied a large area, in the Shaanxi-Gansu region.^[1]

It is thought that painted pottery then reached the Yangshao culture, with its Lingkou and Banpo type of potteries, which developed from 5000 to 4200 BCE.^[1]

The Baijia culture and Dadiwan culture are very similar and located near each other.^[2]

See also

• List of Neolithic cultures of China