(www.chinaspringtour.com) The archeological site of Banpo village near Xi’an is one of the best-known ditch enclosed settlement of the Yangshao culture and another major settlement was Jiangzhai. The Yangshao people mainly cultivated millet but some settlements grew rice that was grounded into flour to make cakes. Middle Yangshao settlement such as Jiangzhi contained raised floor buildings that may have been used for the storage of surplus grains Longshan The Longshan settlement first started in the Southern/lower Yellow River since this was the place where their culture began. Life during the Longshan