Al'adar kasar Sin, wacce take da dadadden tarihi, ta kunshi wasu kananan al'adu. Hanyar rayuwa ta aikin gona, wanda ke kewaye da shinkafa, ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a tarihin kasar.
Tun shekaru dubbai, Sinawa ke himmatuwa wajen nome ƙasar. An zub da jini, zufa da hawaye a kan yankinsu don neman amfanin gona mai kyau. Wannan dogaro da ƙasar na dubunnan shekaru yana wakiltar mahimmancin ƙauyukan ƙasar Sin.
Bukatar samar da shinkafa ta sa Sinawa sun ba da hankali na musamman ga fasahohin ban ruwa, da inganta noman. Hanyar rayuwar noma, wacce ke kewaye da shinkafa, na da tasiri sosai kan ci gaban zamantakewar al'umma, tattalin arziki, siyasa da akidu na tsohuwar kasar Sin. A wannan ma'anar, ana iya ɗaukar al'adun gargajiyar gargajiyar a matsayin "amfanin gonar shinkafa."
Lokacin bincika halin shinkafa a cikin al'adun Sinawa, jerin abubuwa sun bayyana. A cewar Farfesa Zhang Deci, masani kan noman shinkafa, shi ne na farko lokacin da mutane, wadanda suka rayu musamman daga farauta, kamun kifi da tara 'ya'yan itatuwa, suka fara barin wasu irin a cikin filayen. Daga baya, waɗannan mutanen sun fara haɓaka ƙasar, hakan ya sa ta dace da noma.
Sakin ciyawa, dasa shukar shinkafa, da ban ruwa sun samo asali ne daga yankin Kwarin Kogin Yellow a arewa, da yankin Basin Hanshui a arewa maso yamma.
Zuwa yau, an gano alamun shinkafa a Hemudu daga Yuyao, Lardin Zhejiang, Yangshao daga Mianchi, Lardin Henan, Dachendun daga Feidong, Lardin Anhui, Miaoshan daga Nanjing, da Xianlidun daga Wuxi, Lardin Jiangsu, Qianshanyang daga Wuxing, lardin Zhejiang, Qujialing da Zhujiazui daga Jingshan, Shijiahe daga Tianmen, da Fangyingtai daga Wuchang a lardin Hubei.