Ruins of the Hemedu Civilisation

(Local Name: Hemedu Wenhua Yizhi) In the village of Hemedu, about 50km/30mi northwest of Ningbo, the remains of an ancient civilization were discovered in 1973. The first and second of the four excavation layers have been assigned to the Neolithic period. Among the finds should be mentioned terracotta objects, tools made of wood and bone, grains of rice, bones of breeding pigs and buffaloes. These all confirm the advanced state of development attained by these people, who must have settled in this area six to seven thousand years ago.