Chinese archaeologists found Paddy dating more than 8,000 years back which is identified as the wet rice farming site in the world. The field area is less than 100 square meters which is discovered at the Neolithic ruins of Hanjing in Sihong County in east China`s Jiangsu province in 2015 November.

A spokesman with the archaeology institute of Nanjing Museum said, “The field, covering less than 100 square meters, was discovered at the neolithic ruins of Hanjing in Sihong County in east China’s Jiangsu province in November 2015”.

In the seminar to discuss the findings at Hanjing Ruins, about 70 scholars from universities and archaeology institutes and museums around the country finally said that this wet rice was the oldest ever discovered.

The researchers found that the paddy field is divided into parts with different shapes each covering less than 10 square meters. Also, they found 8,000 years back carbonized rice based on carbon dating as well as evidence that the soil was repeatedly planted with rice.

Lin Liugen, head of the institute, said, “Chinese people started to cultivate rice about 10,000 years ago and carbonized rice of the age has been found, but paddy remnants are quite rare, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.”