Qijia culture is a late Neolithic culture with Gansu as the center, and has entered the stage of using bronze and stone tools. Its name comes from its main site, Qijiaping Site in Guanghe County, Gansu Province. It is an important archaeological culture in the early Bronze Age distributed in Hexi Corridor.

Qijiaping

The site was discovered by archaeologist An Tesheng in 1924. The time span is about 2200 BC to 1600 BC. It is an archaeological culture with special value in the upper reaches of the Yellow River and an important source of Chinese civilization.

It is mainly distributed in the eastern part of Gansu to Zhangye and Qinghai Lake, with a distance of nearly 1,000 kilometers from east to west, spanning Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai and Inner Mongolia.

Qijia culture originated from Majiayao culture and Changshan lower culture, both of which developed from Yangshao culture.