As the founder of the Xia Dynasty, Yu is understood as the first ruler of the dynastic cycle an important political theory in Chinese history which represents China as a single continuous civilization ruled by a succession of different dynasties.
Yu the Great was a legendary Chinese ruler famed for his upright moral character, the introduction of flood control, and inaugurating dynastic rule in China. Continued archeological surveys of Erlitou sites are needed in order to form a more complete picture of China's first state. The details concerning the Xia Dynasty, first recorded more than a millennium later during the Western Zhou period, are largely understood to be mythical serving as a counterpoint to the subsequent Shang Dynasty and ultimately to justify the Chinese dynastic cycle. However, although Xia is an important element in Chinese historiography, there is to date no archeological evidence to corroborate the dynasty. During the Erligang period, 1600-1250 BC, Erlitou decreased in importance and was ultimately abandoned.īecause of temporal and geographic overlap, the culture is often assumed to correlate to the Xia Dynasty. This period saw an increase in bronze metallurgy and urbanization with palatial buildings, royal tombs, paved roads, and rammed earth foundations attesting to the complexity and importance of Erlitou sites. Evolving from the Longshan culture, Erlitou emerged as the first state-level society in East Asia around 1900-1600 BC. The Erlitou culture of China's central plain marks the decisive shift out of East Asia's Neolithic period, ushering in the beginning of Chinese civilization.
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