New findings unveiled at Lingjiatan relics site
1 year, 11 months ago

New findings unveiled at Lingjiatan relics site

China Daily  

A jade ware unearthed at the site. New findings have emerged at the Lingjiatan relics site in Ma'anshan, East China's Anhui province, says the provincial cultural relics and archaeology institute. Several jade and stone relics were unearthed at the site, including the largest stone tool known as a yue and the largest jade ornament known as a huang in the Neolithic Age in China, which provides significant materials for in-depth study of the origin, formation and development of the Chinese civilization. From October 2021 to April 2022, the institute carried out excavations on the Lingjiatan relics site and found two ash pits, one sacrificial pit, one stone remains of the Neolithic Age and five Han Dynasty tombs. The Lingjiatan relics site is a Neolithic settlement site dating back 5,300 to 5,800 years, with a total area of about 1.6 million square meters.

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Unearthing 5,000-Year-Old Royal Tomb Amid Capital Speculation
2 months ago

Unearthing 5,000-Year-Old Royal Tomb Amid Capital Speculation

China Daily  

Archaeologists have discovered a 5,000-year-old royal tomb in the Wangzhuang ruins in Yongcheng city, Henan province. The tomb covers more than 17 square meters and contains numerous burial items, including pottery, jade ornaments, bone tools, and animal remains. The findings suggest a deliberate act of tomb destruction shortly after the burial, indicating a complex social hierarchy and cultural melting pot …

Unearthing 5,000-Year-Old Royal Tomb Amid Capital Speculation
2 months ago

Unearthing 5,000-Year-Old Royal Tomb Amid Capital Speculation

China Daily  

Archaeologists have discovered a 5,000-year-old royal tomb in the Wangzhuang ruins in Yongcheng city, Henan province. The tomb covers more than 17 square meters and contains many burial items, including pottery, jade ornaments, bone tools, and animal remains. The findings suggest that the ancient tomb was a cultural melting pot in prehistoric times, where diverse cultures intersected and exchanged influences.

Unearthing 5,000-Year-Old Royal Tomb Amid Capital Speculation
2 months ago

Unearthing 5,000-Year-Old Royal Tomb Amid Capital Speculation

China Daily  

Archaeologists have discovered a 5,000-year-old royal tomb in the Wangzhuang ruins in Yongcheng city, Henan province. The tomb covers more than 17 square meters and contains numerous burial items, including pottery, jade ornaments, bone tools, and animal remains. The findings suggest a deliberate act of tomb destruction shortly after the burial, indicating a complex social hierarchy and cultural melting pot …

Mysterious 5,000-year-old jade dragons could reveal origins of Chinese civilisation
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Mysterious 5,000-year-old jade dragons could reveal origins of Chinese civilisation

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Archaeologists have unearthed over 100 strange Stone Age jade artefacts in …

Archeologists make 5,000-year-old discovery while excavating an ancient burial site
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Archeologists make 5,000-year-old discovery while excavating an ancient burial site

Daily Mail  

A 5,000-year-old discovery made at an ancient burial site in Northern China could finally reveal how Chinese civilizations formed. Archaeologists found three dragons among 100 jade relics at an ancient burial site in China The relics were found beneath a circular tomb at the Yuanbaoshan burial site The team determined that the Hongshan civilization may have exchanged artistic ideas with …

Over 100 Neolithic jade relics unearthed
3 months ago

Over 100 Neolithic jade relics unearthed

China Daily  

Updated: Sep 23, 2024 By Fang Aiqing in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, and YUAN HUI in Hohhot China Daily Jade artifacts used in sacrifice are unearthed in July at the Yuanbaoshan archaeological site. Three jade dragons of different colors and sizes, and each around 5,000 years old, were among the more than 100 jade relics of the Hongshan Culture recently unearthed …

China unveils new archaeological discoveries of Neolithic, Xia sites
3 months, 1 week ago

China unveils new archaeological discoveries of Neolithic, Xia sites

China Daily  

BEIJING -- China on Friday unveiled three important archaeological discoveries of ruins from both the prehistoric age and the Xia Dynasty. A settlement site discovered in Zhejiang is from the early to middle period of the Neolithic Age, dating back to approximately 9,300 to 8,000 years ago. The site discovered in Jiangsu, dating back to about 7,200 to 6,900 years …

China unveils new archaeological discoveries of Neolithic, Xia sites
3 months, 1 week ago

China unveils new archaeological discoveries of Neolithic, Xia sites

China Daily  

BEIJING -- China on Friday unveiled three important archaeological discoveries of ruins from both the prehistoric age and the Xia Dynasty. A settlement site discovered in Zhejiang is from the early to middle period of the Neolithic Age, dating back to approximately 9,300 to 8,000 years ago. The site discovered in Jiangsu, dating back to about 7,200 to 6,900 years …

Lavish 2,200-year-old tomb of Chinese emperor unearthed
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Lavish 2,200-year-old tomb of Chinese emperor unearthed

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Archaeologists have unearthed a luxurious 2,200-year-old tomb in eastern China that …

Archaeological findings expected to help improve understanding of vassal state
8 months, 1 week ago

Archaeological findings expected to help improve understanding of vassal state

China Daily  

Lacquerware items are among the archaeological findings unearthed at the Wuwangdun Site in Huainan, Anhui province. One of the largest-scale Chu state tombs with the highest rank and most complex structure dating back to the late Warring States Period recently underwent an excavation, which is expected to help promote understanding of a once powerful state in its final days, cultural …

Narrative arc set in stone
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Narrative arc set in stone

China Daily  

Jade huang in the shape of a doubleheaded dragon, from the Warring States Period. 'With the help of jade, people who inhabited the vast area of prehistoric China had engaged in spiritual and artistic exchanges, exchanges that would eventually allow them to acquire a common cultural identity without which the notion of China would not have existed," says Teng Shu-ping, …

Narrative arc set in stone
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Narrative arc set in stone

China Daily  

Jade huang in the shape of a doubleheaded dragon, from the Warring States Period. 'With the help of jade, people who inhabited the vast area of prehistoric China had engaged in spiritual and artistic exchanges, exchanges that would eventually allow them to acquire a common cultural identity without which the notion of China would not have existed," says Teng Shu-ping, …

Lore of the rings
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Lore of the rings

China Daily  

A jade disc with grooved concentric circles from the Shang Dynasty. Exquisite jade discs and rings help illustrate how ancient Chinese civilizations learned to shape intractable natural resources, and in doing so, developed a thriving culture that still resonates today, Zhao Xu reports. If there's one type of item that embodies the ancient Chinese jade story, it could well be …

Lore of the rings
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Lore of the rings

China Daily  

A jade disc with grooved concentric circles from the Shang Dynasty. Exquisite jade discs and rings help illustrate how ancient Chinese civilizations learned to shape intractable natural resources, and in doing so, developed a thriving culture that still resonates today, Zhao Xu reports. If there's one type of item that embodies the ancient Chinese jade story, it could well be …

Narrative arc set in stone
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Narrative arc set in stone

China Daily  

Jade huang in the shape of a doubleheaded dragon, from the Warring States Period. 'With the help of jade, people who inhabited the vast area of prehistoric China had engaged in spiritual and artistic exchanges, exchanges that would eventually allow them to acquire a common cultural identity without which the notion of China would not have existed," says Teng Shu-ping, …

Narrative arc set in stone
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Narrative arc set in stone

China Daily  

Jade huang in the shape of a doubleheaded dragon, from the Warring States Period. 'With the help of jade, people who inhabited the vast area of prehistoric China had engaged in spiritual and artistic exchanges, exchanges that would eventually allow them to acquire a common cultural identity without which the notion of China would not have existed," says Teng Shu-ping, …

Narrative arc set in stone
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Narrative arc set in stone

China Daily  

Jade huang in the shape of a doubleheaded dragon, from the Warring States Period. 'With the help of jade, people who inhabited the vast area of prehistoric China had engaged in spiritual and artistic exchanges, exchanges that would eventually allow them to acquire a common cultural identity without which the notion of China would not have existed," says Teng Shu-ping, …

Lore of the rings
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Lore of the rings

China Daily  

A jade disc with grooved concentric circles from the Shang Dynasty. Exquisite jade discs and rings help illustrate how ancient Chinese civilizations learned to shape intractable natural resources, and in doing so, developed a thriving culture that still resonates today, Zhao Xu reports. If there's one type of item that embodies the ancient Chinese jade story, it could well be …

Lore of the rings
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Lore of the rings

China Daily  

A jade disc with grooved concentric circles from the Shang Dynasty. Exquisite jade discs and rings help illustrate how ancient Chinese civilizations learned to shape intractable natural resources, and in doing so, developed a thriving culture that still resonates today, Zhao Xu reports. If there's one type of item that embodies the ancient Chinese jade story, it could well be …

Paved with jade
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Paved with jade

China Daily  

A jade tiger from the Guo state burial ground, Western Zhou Dynasty. During construction work in 1968, the grand burial chamber of a Han Dynasty vassal king named Liu Sheng was discovered in Mancheng county, Hebei province, 700 kilometers from the Guo state burial ground. Yet standing head and shoulders above them all is a jade shroud composed of more …

Paved with jade
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Paved with jade

China Daily  

A jade tiger from the Guo state burial ground, Western Zhou Dynasty. During construction work in 1968, the grand burial chamber of a Han Dynasty vassal king named Liu Sheng was discovered in Mancheng county, Hebei province, 700 kilometers from the Guo state burial ground. Yet standing head and shoulders above them all is a jade shroud composed of more …

New findings unveil stone processing practices of China's Liangzhu civilization
11 months ago

New findings unveil stone processing practices of China's Liangzhu civilization

China Daily  

Tourists visit the Liangzhu Museum in Hangzhou, capital city of East China's Zhejiang province, Nov 7, 2023. HANGZHOU -- Two archaeological sites have been unearthed in the city of Hangzhou, the capital of East China's Zhejiang province, shedding light on stone processing dating back to the Liangzhu civilization around 5,000 years ago, according to a meeting on the province's archaeological …

Research reveals clues to jade mystery
11 months, 1 week ago

Research reveals clues to jade mystery

China Daily  

A jade turtle from the Lingjiatan site is on show at the Palace Museum in Beijing on Feb 2, 2022. DING HAIXIU/FOR CHINA DAILY Recent archaeological research has busted a myth about unique pieces of jade that are among the most enigmatic artifacts of the Hongshan culture. These ancient treasures, made of local greenish nephrite and mostly resembling a horse …

Research reveals clues to jade mystery
11 months, 1 week ago

Research reveals clues to jade mystery

China Daily  

A turtle-shaped oblate vessel and a jade stick from the Lingjiatan site in Anhui province is on display at Anhui Museum in Hefei, on Dec 6, 2022. CHINA DAILY "This unique jadeware is abundant, with more than 50 pieces found to date — a substantial number considering the scarcity of Hongshan culture jade," he explained. Unlike other jade that features …

Research reveals clues to jade mystery
11 months, 1 week ago

Research reveals clues to jade mystery

China Daily  

A jade turtle from the Lingjiatan site is on show at the Palace Museum in Beijing on Feb 2, 2022. DING HAIXIU/FOR CHINA DAILY Recent archaeological research has busted a myth about unique pieces of jade that are among the most enigmatic artifacts of the Hongshan culture. These ancient treasures, made of local greenish nephrite and mostly resembling a horse …

New finds illuminate Hongshan Culture
1 year, 2 months ago

New finds illuminate Hongshan Culture

China Daily  

A painted pottery jar unearthed from the sacrificial area of the Ma'anqiaoshan site in Jianping county, Liaoning province. A medium-sized settlement from the early Hongshan Culture period was unearthed during recent archaeological excavations in Jianping county, Liaoning province. The discovery has deepened understanding of this dominant Neolithic culture, which occupied a vast area between the modern-day Inner Mongolia autonomous region …

Exquisite jade artifacts on display at Shanxi Museum
1 year, 4 months ago

Exquisite jade artifacts on display at Shanxi Museum

China Daily  

A group of jade artifacts were found in the tomb of Marquis Mu of Jin, the ninth dominator of the Jin Kingdom of the Western Zhou Dynasty in the province's Quwo county. At an ongoing exhibition held at the Shanxi Museum in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, visitors can see some exquisite jade artifacts. The relics had been found during the fourth …

Out of the mists of time
1 year, 6 months ago

Out of the mists of time

China Daily  

A dragon-shaped jade item unearthed from Banlashan in Chaoyang city, Liaoning province. CHINA DAILY Discovery of new archaeological site sheds more light on Hongshan Culture, Zhou Huiying and Wu Yong report. A large Hongshan settlement site has been discovered in Shangchaoyanggou village, just 6.5 kilometers from the Niuheliang archaeological site in Chaoyang city, Northeast China's Liaoning province, according to the …

China's Shanxi builds museum on Neolithic civilization
1 year, 6 months ago

China's Shanxi builds museum on Neolithic civilization

China Daily  

This photo taken on May 1, 2023 shows a miniature model of the Taosi relic site in Xiangfen county, North China's Shanxi province. TAIYUAN -- North China's Shanxi province is constructing a museum dedicated to showcasing the remarkable relics of Longshan Culture, a late Neolithic civilization in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. The museum of the …

Excavation unearths glimpse of Western Zhou Dynasty
1 year, 6 months ago

Excavation unearths glimpse of Western Zhou Dynasty

China Daily  

An aerial view of the ruins of Dushan in Lishui's Yunhe county, East China's Zhejiang province. An archaeological excavation at the ruins of Dushan in Zhejiang has unveiled 38 tombs, 37 artifact caches, more than 100 pieces of pottery and 25 bronzewares. The site is located in Lishui's Yunhe county and the site was identified as belonging to noble families …

Excavation unearths glimpse of Western Zhou Dynasty
1 year, 6 months ago

Excavation unearths glimpse of Western Zhou Dynasty

China Daily  

An aerial view of the ruins of Dushan in Lishui's Yunhe county, East China's Zhejiang province. An archaeological excavation at the ruins of Dushan in Zhejiang has unveiled 38 tombs, 37 artifact caches, more than 100 pieces of pottery and 25 bronzewares. The site is located in Lishui's Yunhe county and the site was identified as belonging to noble families …

Excavation unearths glimpse of Western Zhou Dynasty
1 year, 6 months ago

Excavation unearths glimpse of Western Zhou Dynasty

China Daily  

An aerial view of the ruins of Dushan in Lishui's Yunhe county, East China's Zhejiang province. An archaeological excavation at the ruins of Dushan in Zhejiang has unveiled 38 tombs, 37 artifact caches, more than 100 pieces of pottery and 25 bronzewares. The site is located in Lishui's Yunhe county and the site was identified as belonging to noble families …

Excavation unearths glimpse of Western Zhou Dynasty
1 year, 6 months ago

Excavation unearths glimpse of Western Zhou Dynasty

China Daily  

An aerial view of the ruins of Dushan in Lishui's Yunhe county, East China's Zhejiang province. An archaeological excavation at the ruins of Dushan in Zhejiang has unveiled 38 tombs, 37 artifact caches, more than 100 pieces of pottery and 25 bronzewares. The site is located in Lishui's Yunhe county and the site was identified as belonging to noble families …

Centuries-old artifacts found in China's relic-rich province
1 year, 9 months ago

Centuries-old artifacts found in China's relic-rich province

China Daily  

This undated photo provided by the Shanxi provincial institute of archaeology shows bone tools unearthed from the Yuancun relics site dating back to the late period of the Yangshao Culture some 5,000 to 7,000 years ago at Yuancun village of Xiaxian county in Yuncheng city, North China's Shanxi province. TAIYUAN -- Archaeologists have excavated significant remains dating back to the …

What's on
1 year, 9 months ago

What's on

China Daily  

A Shining Star, an ongoing exhibition at Anhui Museum, centers on the glories of Lingjiatan that thrived over a span of five centuries. Lingjiatan relics A relic site showing human activity some 5,000 years ago was revealed in Lingjiatan village, Anhui province, in 1987. A Shining Star, an exhibition at Anhui Museum, centers on the glories of Lingjiatan that thrived …

Tanshishan relics prove pluralistic origin of Chinese civilization
1 year, 10 months ago

Tanshishan relics prove pluralistic origin of Chinese civilization

China Daily  

Relics unearthed at the Tanshishan site. Tanshishan is the earliest named archaeological culture on China's southeast coast and the first recognized in Fujian province, also the source of marine culture in Fujian and Taiwan during the pre-Qin period, before 221 BC In October 2021, the 100th anniversary of the birth of modern Chinese archaeology, the Tanshishan site was selected as …

Tanshishan relics prove pluralistic origin of Chinese civilization
1 year, 10 months ago

Tanshishan relics prove pluralistic origin of Chinese civilization

China Daily  

Relics unearthed at the Tanshishan site. Tanshishan is the earliest named archaeological culture on China's southeast coast and the first recognized in Fujian province, also the source of marine culture in Fujian and Taiwan during the pre-Qin period, before 221 BC In October 2021, the 100th anniversary of the birth of modern Chinese archaeology, the Tanshishan site was selected as …

Sichuan Paleolithic site offers further clues to human cultural evolution
1 year, 11 months ago

Sichuan Paleolithic site offers further clues to human cultural evolution

China Daily  

CHENGDU — A rich collection of artifacts has been unearthed from a large Paleolithic site in Southwest China's Sichuan province, marking a major breakthrough in China's Paleolithic archaeology. Located in Xiangshan township of Suining, the Taohuahe site is composed of two separated areas, with one covering over 90,000 square meters, according to Zheng Zhexuan, leader of the archaeological team from …

Paleolithic site excavated in Southwest China
1 year, 11 months ago

Paleolithic site excavated in Southwest China

China Daily  

CHENGDU -- A rich collection of artifacts has been unearthed from a large Paleolithic site in Southwest China's Sichuan province, marking a major breakthrough in China's Paleolithic archaeology. Located in Xiangshan Township of Suining city, the Taohuahe site is composed of two separated areas, with one covering over 90,000 square meters, according to Zheng Zhexuan, leader of the archaeological team …

Prehistoric ruins discovered in East China
1 year, 11 months ago

Prehistoric ruins discovered in East China

China Daily  

JINAN -- An ancient hominid site dating back some 13,200 years ago has been unveiled in East China's Shandong province, with over 1,000 relics, including pottery sculptures. "We can see that the pottery-making techniques had become relatively mature at that time, and the relics are the hitherto earliest potteries discovered in Shandong," said Zhao Yichao with the provincial cultural relics …

Prehistoric ruins discovered in East China
1 year, 11 months ago

Prehistoric ruins discovered in East China

China Daily  

This undated aerial photo shows a scene of an ancient hominid site in Zhaojiaxuyao village of Zibo city, East China's Shandong province. An ancient hominid site dating back some 13,200 years ago has been unveiled in East China's Shandong province, with over 1,000 relics, including pottery sculptures. JINAN -- An ancient hominid site dating back some 13,200 years ago has …

New light shed on beginnings of Chinese civilization
1 year, 11 months ago

New light shed on beginnings of Chinese civilization

China Daily  

An arc-shaped jade ornament known as huang was unearthed at the Lingjiatan site in Hanshan county, Anhui province. Archaeologists enjoy fruitful year with series of discoveries While jade holds vital clues to civilizations in China dating back thousands of years, it also plays an important role in present-day life. Last year, a ceremonial jade artifact known as a bi was …

New light shed on beginnings of Chinese civilization
1 year, 11 months ago

New light shed on beginnings of Chinese civilization

China Daily  

An arc-shaped jade ornament known as huang was unearthed at the Lingjiatan site in Hanshan county, Anhui province. Archaeologists enjoy fruitful year with series of discoveries While jade holds vital clues to civilizations in China dating back thousands of years, it also plays an important role in present-day life. Last year, a ceremonial jade artifact known as a bi was …

New light shed on beginnings of Chinese civilization
1 year, 11 months ago

New light shed on beginnings of Chinese civilization

China Daily  

The Bicun site in Lyuliang, Shanxi province. A palace, whose design can be seen in imperial cities in later dynasties, and exquisite pottery may provide clues to a previously unimaginable power hub on the edge of Loess Plateau. Wang Wei, director of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences' Academic Division of History and a leading expert in the origins-tracing program, …

New light shed on beginnings of Chinese civilization
1 year, 11 months ago

New light shed on beginnings of Chinese civilization

China Daily  

An arc-shaped jade ornament known as huang was unearthed at the Lingjiatan site in Hanshan county, Anhui province. Archaeologists enjoy fruitful year with series of discoveries While jade holds vital clues to civilizations in China dating back thousands of years, it also plays an important role in present-day life. Last year, a ceremonial jade artifact known as a bi was …

New light shed on beginnings of Chinese civilization
1 year, 11 months ago

New light shed on beginnings of Chinese civilization

China Daily  

An arc-shaped jade ornament known as huang was unearthed at the Lingjiatan site in Hanshan county, Anhui province. Archaeologists enjoy fruitful year with series of discoveries While jade holds vital clues to civilizations in China dating back thousands of years, it also plays an important role in present-day life. Last year, a ceremonial jade artifact known as a bi was …

Hundreds of 4,500-yr-old tombs found in Central China
1 year, 11 months ago

Hundreds of 4,500-yr-old tombs found in Central China

China Daily  

This undated file photo shows a piece of pottery ware excavated at the Suyang relics site in the city of Luoyang, Central China's Henan province. ZHENGZHOU -- Archaeologists have found more than 300 tombs dating back around 4,500 years in Central China's Henan province, which are of great significance to studying the burial system and social structure of prehistoric China. …

Relics dating back to Bronze Age found in NE China
2 years ago

Relics dating back to Bronze Age found in NE China

China Daily  

This photo taken on Oct. 27, 2022 shows a piece of oracle bone unearthed at the Weizili site in Xiaochengzi village, Nongan county, Northeast China's Jilin province. CHANGCHUN-- Over 100 relics and 24 houses, tombs, and pit remains have been unearthed in a site dating back to the Bronze Age in Northeast China's Jilin province. Twenty-four houses, tombs, and pit …

Millennia-old relics unearthed in Central China's Hunan
2 years ago

Millennia-old relics unearthed in Central China's Hunan

China Daily  

CHANGSHA — A collection of pottery and stone artifacts dating back more than 2,200 years has been unearthed from an archaeological site in Hunan province, according to the provincial institute of heritage and archaeology. Unearthed artifacts mainly include pottery pieces, pottery cauldrons and stone tools, such as spears, arrowheads and knives. Based on the various patterns on the hard pottery …

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