Tonglu Fang Jiazhou witnesses the development of jade stone processing in the Neolithic Age

Today, the ruins of Tongjiazhou's Neolithic jade processing plant were included in the “2010 China Important Archaeological Discoveries” edited by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage. Provincial Institute of Archaeology researcher pointed out that the Fangjiazhou site excavated at the end of 2010 was not only the first Neolithic jade processing site excavated by the archaeological site in the Yangtze River Valley, but was also the first stone tool and jade machine ever discovered in China. The Neolithic site has very important academic significance for the study of the stone stoneware production process at that time, such as the characteristics of human behavior and technological differences.

This is also the key to the selection of the Fang Jiazhou site as the "2010 China's Key Archaeological Discoveries." “The Qiantang River Basin is the cradle of ancient culture in Zhejiang. The professionalism of the site is bound to involve the original exchange, original trade and other topics that belong to the field of ancient cultural exchanges and communication. The significance of this is self-evident.” Deputy Director of the Provincial Institute of Archaeology Liu Bin said that compared to prehistoric archaeology in northern Zhejiang, the cultural features and cultural pedigrees of prehistoric archaeology in the upper and middle reaches of the Qiantang River were not clear. The discovery of the Fangjiazhou site filled the archeological gap in this area.

It is understood that the site of the Xiaoqinglong site, a Neolithic cultural site that is being excavated in another place in Tonglu, is also the icing on the archaeological discovery of Zhejiang Neolithic. According to reports, the Xiaoqinglong site is a Neolithic cultural site in the late Liangzhu Culture. It is around 4200 years ago.