The Yangtze River Basin is home to lots of people. It’s home to nearly one third of China’s population that’s 400 million. This is the amount of people that rely on the river resources for survival. 
Traces of human activity in the area have dated as far back as 2 million years ago. In the Spring and Autumn Period of China (770-476 BC), the Ba and Shu tribes lived in the middle reaches of the river
In 770 BC and now the river is helping people in more ways than one such as food, water, shelter and moist soil.

Coffins are put on caves on high cliffs. It’s a custom for the ba people (locals) to bury their past ones from their tribe but only their brave ones or chiefs.

When the river first started it helped the natives to start their own traditions, celebrations, customs and laws by letting them start fresh.  

The Yangtze River is located in China. The mouth of the Yangtze River is located at the Kunlun Mountains in central China. The river provides a great economy rate as well as the dividing line between Northern and Southern China. It is the third longest river in the world it measures 6,380 km (3,964 miles). In fact, it has 700 tributaries and the mouth of the river is located in East China Sea by Shanghai. The basin of the river is 1,800,000 square km (694,983 square miles) and it helps produce grain for half of the nation’s rice, accounts for 70% in total.  The Yangtze River provides a dividing line between north and south China, rich soil for farming and tourism.