Banpo Neolithic Village

Banpo Neolithic Village is located in the eastern outskirts of Xian city. The village which discovered in 1953 was inhabited from about 4500 BC to 3750 BC. Banpo site is a typical Neolithic Matriarchal community of the Yangshao culture( 5000-3000 BC) around 6000 years ago. About 400 sites of this type have been discovered around the Yellow River Basin and the Banpo site is the largest one.

The Banpo site, occupying an area of approximate 50,000 square kilometer, was divided into three parts: residential area, pottery-making area and cemetery area. Among the ruins are 46 dwellings, 2 domestic animal pens and over 200 storage pits, 174 adult tombs, 73 burial jars for kids, 6 pottery-making kilns and many production and domestic tools. The site delivers visitors a vivid picture of the lifestyle of the primitive Banpo people a very long time ago.

The Banpo Museum consists of two Exhibition Hall and a site Hall. The First Exhibition Hall mainly displays the tools used by the Banpo people, including stone knives, sickle, fishhook, and so on. These exhibits present visitors a general image of Banpo people's activities. Showpieces on the Second Exhibition Hall are major inventions and art items which reflects the fork culture, social life of that time. Masterpieces on this hall are Fish and Human Face Design Pottery Basin, Pointed Bottom Bottle, Pottery Streamer and Children's Burial Jar.