For instance, at around 3300 BC the Liangzhu culture in Zhejiang, in the Yangtze River basin, was already producing exquisite jade ware. At Hemudu in Yuyao County, Zhejiang, paddy rice was grown in 5000 BC, the earliest such cultivation known in the world.
例如在長江流域，公元前三千三百年，浙江的良渚文化已經產生精美的玉器；而浙江餘姚的河姆渡更早在公元前五千年就有種水稻的遺蹟，破了世界最早紀錄。