Because the shape and decoration on colored pottery is similar to that of west Asian civilizations, after the discoveries at Yangshao it was suspected for a time that Chinese culture derived from the west. But the appearance of the black pottery of Lungshan, markedly different in form ana style from the west, thoroughly smashes that theory.
由於彩陶的形制及紋飾與西亞諸文明類似，仰韶發現後，中國文明一度被懷疑由西方而來；而形制及製作方式都跟西方截然不同的龍山黑陶的出現，則徹底打破這種說法。