Liangzhu culture is an important ancient civilization in Taihu Lake Basin in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China. Bronze culture, named after its discovery in Liangzhu Town, Yuhang, Zhejiang Province, was discovered in 1936, about 5250~4 150 years ago. After more than half a century of archaeological investigation and excavation, it was initially found that the site was distributed in Taihu Lake area. In Liangzhu, Anxi and Pingyao, Yuhang City, there are more than 50 Liangzhu cultural sites with Mojiaoshan site as the core, including villages, cemeteries, altars and other remains, which are rich in connotation, wide in scope and dense in sites. Since 1980s, high-platform mounds such as Fanshan, Yaoshan and Guanhui Mountain have been combined with the altar sites.

Pottery is characterized by black pottery, beautifully made, and some even painted. The most advanced pottery-making method in Liangzhu culture period is wheel system, and the shapes of black pottery bean plates are round and oval. Cooking utensils in Liangzhu culture period were mostly Ding. Jade is very developed, including beads, tubes, jade, yellow, cong, cicada and so on. Among them, the jade cong is large, up to 18 ~ 23cm, carved with a round animal face pattern, with exquisite craftsmanship. It is a treasure among ancient jade articles in China and is known as the "King of Jade Cong". The shape is an inner circle and an outer circle, which conforms to the ancient idea that heaven and earth are connected. The jade carving is engraved with the image of god beast and the image of the unity of god, man and beast, which may be the object of sacrifice at that time. Apart from the facial images of gods, people and animals, the most common patterns on jade articles are birds.

Silk flakes, ribbons and silk threads were unearthed in Shanyang before Liangzhu culture, which was the most important household silk fabric in ancient China. In addition, many altar sites have been found, such as the altar found at Yaoshan site in Yuhang, which is square in plane, with red clay platform, lime ditch and gravel platform from inside to outside, and the peripheral side is about 20 meters long. Generally, there is a big tomb on the altar, which may be the place where people worship their ancestors and gods. The food in Liangzhu culture period was mainly rice.

The material culture in Liangzhu culture is very developed, with tripod, bean, dish, double-nose pot, flowing pot, flowing cup, statue and reed as typical vessels, and the jade used for sacrifice is more developed, and the tomb specifications and settlement layout reflect strict grade differences. Liangzhu cultural sites are mainly distributed in Shanghai in the east and Qiantang River in the south. It is bounded by Maoshan Mountain and Tianmu Mountain in the west, south of the Yangtze River near Daning Town in the north, and it is roughly triangular around Taihu Lake, and its sphere of influence reaches eastern Zhejiang, southwestern Zhejiang, southern Anhui, southern China, Shandong and northern Jiangsu.

Liangzhu culture originated from Songze culture, and the main body of Liangzhu culture declined rapidly due to the failure of northward advancement and floods. People and city sites in Liangzhu culture can be displayed. Judging from the characteristics of social form, the third phase of Liangzhu culture has entered the primitive civilized society. Liangzhu culture stimulated the great development of primitive civilization in the Central Plains, produced drastic changes, and finally formed a prosperous early civilization in China. The etiquette system of Xia and Shang civilizations, such as Cong and Yue, and the patterns of gods, men and beasts all come from Liangzhu cultural factors.