河姆渡文化（公元前5000-4500）是分布于中國浙江杭州灣南岸平原地區(qū)至舟山群島（現(xiàn)余姚市）的新石器時代文化，該文化最早在1973年被發(fā)現(xiàn)。

The hemudu culture (5000-4500B.C.)was a Neolithic culture that flourished just south of the hangzhou Bay in modern Yuyao，Zhejiang，China，and Zhoushan Islands.The site at hemudu was discovered in 1973.

河姆渡文化是最早種植水稻的地方。發(fā)掘的古代器物中絕大多數(shù)包括動物的骨頭，有大量用來收割麥子的動物肩胛骨。

The hemudu culture is one of the earliest cultures to cultivate rice.Most of the artifacts discovered at hemudu consist of animal bones，exemplified by hoes made of shoulder bones used for cultivating rice.

在動物方面，河姆渡人喜歡豬、水牛等家養(yǎng)牲畜。他們喜歡捕魚和打獵，出土了很多用骨頭做的魚叉，箭頭和箭。樂器方面，他們喜歡用木鼓和骨頭做的哨子。

The hemudu people like domesticated pigs，water buffalo and so on.The people at hemudu also fished and hunted，as evidenced by the remains of bone harpoons and bows and arrowheads.Music instruments，such as bone whistles and wooden drums，were also found at hemudu.