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Hongshan culture, originated from the south central part of Inner Mongolia to the west of Northeast China, started five or six thousand years ago, is one of the earliest cultural traces of Chinese civilization. It is distributed in the Rehe area in the west of Northeast China, from the south central part of Inner Mongolia in the north, to the north of Hebei in the south, to the west of Liaoning in the East, and to the upper reaches of Xilamulun River, Laoha River and Daling River in the Liaohe River Basin. Hongshan cultural relics were first discovered in 1921. ​ The social form of Hongshan culture was in the heyday of matriarchal society in the early stage, and the main social structure was the tribal group with the female blood group as the link. In the late stage, it gradually transited to the patriarchal clan. The main economic form is agriculture, and animal husbandry, fishing and hunting coexist. Its remains are of Neolithic culture, in which colorful pottery and zigzag pottery c