Bronze age continues to astound
1 year, 6 months ago

Bronze age continues to astound

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A bronze component of a carriage in the shape of a beast face discovered in tombs of the Zhaigou site, Qingjian county, Yulin, Shaanxi province. Since the 1940s, scattered bronzeware has been accidentally discovered in a dozen counties on the Shanxi-Shaanxi Plateau by local people on a number of occasions. It has revealed the largest Shang Dynasty site with the richest remnants yet found on the Shanxi-Shaanxi Plateau. The site has tombs of the late Shang period, the largest in scale and number on the plateau, and those buried in the tombs enjoyed the highest status, of all the Shang tombs excavated so far in the region, according to a news conference by the National Cultural Heritage Administration on May 30 in Beijing.

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Casting a lasting shadow
9 months, 1 week ago

Casting a lasting shadow

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The Yinxu Museum, resembling a bronze ware, with the word "Dayishang "above its entrance. Museum stands as testament to the Shang Dynasty's legacy, Wang Kaihao reports in Anyang, Henan province. When Di Xin desperately witnessed the defeat of his mighty army to the Zhou people, the last king of the Shang Dynasty, realizing his fate was sealed, set himself ablaze. …

Casting a lasting shadow
9 months, 1 week ago

Casting a lasting shadow

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The Yinxu Museum, resembling a bronze ware, with the word "Dayishang "above its entrance. Museum stands as testament to the Shang Dynasty's legacy, Wang Kaihao reports in Anyang, Henan province. When Di Xin desperately witnessed the defeat of his mighty army to the Zhou people, the last king of the Shang Dynasty, realizing his fate was sealed, set himself ablaze. …

Casting a lasting shadow
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Casting a lasting shadow

China Daily  

The Yinxu Museum, resembling a bronze ware, with the word "Dayishang "above its entrance. Museum stands as testament to the Shang Dynasty's legacy, Wang Kaihao reports in Anyang, Henan province. When Di Xin desperately witnessed the defeat of his mighty army to the Zhou people, the last king of the Shang Dynasty, realizing his fate was sealed, set himself ablaze. …

Casting a lasting shadow
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Casting a lasting shadow

China Daily  

The Yinxu Museum, resembling a bronze ware, with the word "Dayishang "above its entrance. Museum stands as testament to the Shang Dynasty's legacy, Wang Kaihao reports in Anyang, Henan province. When Di Xin desperately witnessed the defeat of his mighty army to the Zhou people, the last king of the Shang Dynasty, realizing his fate was sealed, set himself ablaze. …

Casting a lasting shadow
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Casting a lasting shadow

China Daily  

The Yinxu Museum, resembling a bronze ware, with the word "Dayishang "above its entrance. Museum stands as testament to the Shang Dynasty's legacy, Wang Kaihao reports in Anyang, Henan province. When Di Xin desperately witnessed the defeat of his mighty army to the Zhou people, the last king of the Shang Dynasty, realizing his fate was sealed, set himself ablaze. …

Cluster of magnificent buildings over 2,500 years old found in Zhejiang
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Cluster of magnificent buildings over 2,500 years old found in Zhejiang

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An aerial view of the base of Tingshan Site HANGZHOU — Chinese archaeologists have released details of a cluster of ruins in East China's Zhejiang province, believed to be buildings related to the ancient capital of the Yue state, which preceded the Qin Dynasty. The experts have been conducting excavations at 10 large-scale sites in Shaoxing city of Zhejiang since …

Cluster of magnificent buildings over 2,500 years old found in Zhejiang
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Cluster of magnificent buildings over 2,500 years old found in Zhejiang

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An aerial view of the base of Tingshan Site HANGZHOU — Chinese archaeologists have released details of a cluster of ruins in East China's Zhejiang province, believed to be buildings related to the ancient capital of the Yue state, which preceded the Qin Dynasty. The experts have been conducting excavations at 10 large-scale sites in Shaoxing city of Zhejiang since …

Importance of archaeological discoveries stressed
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Importance of archaeological discoveries stressed

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Archaeologists' efforts at Yinxu Ruins in Anyang, Henan province, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, were highlighted at this year's first deputies' passage interview on Tuesday, just before the second session of the 14th National People's Congress. "For nearly 100 years, several generations of archaeologists' unremitting efforts have unveiled the landscape of the highly-developed bronze civilization in East Asia," said He …

Importance of archaeological discoveries stressed
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Importance of archaeological discoveries stressed

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Archaeologists' efforts at Yinxu Ruins in Anyang, Henan province, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, were highlighted at this year's first deputies' passage interview on Tuesday, just before the second session of the 14th National People's Congress. "For nearly 100 years, several generations of archaeologists' unremitting efforts have unveiled the landscape of the highly-developed bronze civilization in East Asia," said He …

New building of museum at Shang Dynasty capital site to open this month
10 months ago

New building of museum at Shang Dynasty capital site to open this month

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BEIJING -- The new building of the Yinxu Museum at the Yin Ruins, the site of the last capital of the Shang Dynasty, will open to the public on Feb 26. The museum, located in the city of Anyang in Central China's Henan province, will showcase nearly 4,000 items or sets of cultural relics, including bronzeware, pottery, jade objects, and …

Shaanxi hosts historical gathering
1 year, 1 month ago

Shaanxi hosts historical gathering

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Bronze bells with sheep's horn loops unearthed at the Muyi site in Guangnan county, Yunnan province. In 2021, archaeologists found pottery pieces inscribed with the words bei tian si at the ruins of Beiting city, a political, military and trade center along the ancient Silk Road, in what is now Jimsar county, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. "The discovery of the …

Shaanxi hosts historical gathering
1 year, 1 month ago

Shaanxi hosts historical gathering

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Bronze bells with sheep's horn loops unearthed at the Muyi site in Guangnan county, Yunnan province. In 2021, archaeologists found pottery pieces inscribed with the words bei tian si at the ruins of Beiting city, a political, military and trade center along the ancient Silk Road, in what is now Jimsar county, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. "The discovery of the …

Exhibition displays key bronzeware discoveries
1 year, 4 months ago

Exhibition displays key bronzeware discoveries

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A large bronzeware exhibition is being held at Jinsha Site Museum in Chengdu, Sichuan province. The Jinsha Site Museum in Chengdu, Sichuan province, has been holding Southwest China's largest bronzeware exhibition ahead of the start of the FISU World University Games on Friday. Southwest China, which has been inhabited by many ethnic groups since ancient times, has rich nonferrous metal …

Bronze age continues to astound
1 year, 6 months ago

Bronze age continues to astound

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An exquisite painted pottery vessel with three boot-shaped feet found at the Xingong site in Beijing, which witnessed cultural communication in the Bronze Age. "Vessels with boot-shaped feet had been discovered from the Siwa Culture, while the painted patterns on the vessel were popular in the central area of the Shang Dynasty. According to Han, the Xingong site is one …

Bronze age continues to astound
1 year, 6 months ago

Bronze age continues to astound

China Daily  

A bronze component of a carriage in the shape of a beast face discovered in tombs of the Zhaigou site, Qingjian county, Yulin, Shaanxi province. Since the 1940s, scattered bronzeware has been accidentally discovered in a dozen counties on the Shanxi-Shaanxi Plateau by local people on a number of occasions. It has revealed the largest Shang Dynasty site with the …

Bronze age continues to astound
1 year, 6 months ago

Bronze age continues to astound

China Daily  

A bronze component of a carriage in the shape of a beast face discovered in tombs of the Zhaigou site, Qingjian county, Yulin, Shaanxi province. Since the 1940s, scattered bronzeware has been accidentally discovered in a dozen counties on the Shanxi-Shaanxi Plateau by local people on a number of occasions. It has revealed the largest Shang Dynasty site with the …

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

China's Shanxi builds museum on Neolithic civilization

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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

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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

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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 …

Must-see landmarks for your Xi'an tour
1 year, 7 months ago

Must-see landmarks for your Xi'an tour

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Due to its status as the longest-running capital in ancient China and for giving birth to most dynasties, Xi'an, with a history of over 3,000 years, has had a deep impact on the life and culture of the country. Home to the Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an enjoys a reputation as a "Living History Museum" due to its rich, diverse collection of …

Yinxu, where remnants of over 3,000-yr-old capital city testify to early Chinese culture
1 year, 7 months ago

Yinxu, where remnants of over 3,000-yr-old capital city testify to early Chinese culture

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An aerial view of the archaeological site of Yinxu in Anyang, Henan, May 12, 2020. Situated on both banks of the Huanhe River to the northwest of Anyang, central China's Henan, Yinxu, or the Yin Ruins, boasts the remnants of the ancient city of Yin, the capital of the late Shang Dynasty and the first capital site that has been …

Yinxu, where remnants of over 3,000-yr-old capital city testify to early Chinese culture
1 year, 7 months ago

Yinxu, where remnants of over 3,000-yr-old capital city testify to early Chinese culture

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An aerial view of the archaeological site of Yinxu in Anyang, Henan, May 12, 2020. Situated on both banks of the Huanhe River to the northwest of Anyang, central China's Henan, Yinxu, or the Yin Ruins, boasts the remnants of the ancient city of Yin, the capital of the late Shang Dynasty and the first capital site that has been …

Yinxu royal grave ruins on honor list
1 year, 8 months ago

Yinxu royal grave ruins on honor list

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Archaeologists carry the fossil of a human skull unearthed at Xuetangliangzi, Hubei province. Archaeology: Funerary relics show ethnic unity The Yinxu Ruins, the 3,300-year-old remains of what was once the capital of the late Shang Dynasty, have been included in China's top 10 list of archaeological finds of 2022. According to the administration, the list honored 10 outstanding examples of …

Yinxu royal grave ruins on honor list
1 year, 8 months ago

Yinxu royal grave ruins on honor list

China Daily  

Archaeologists carry the fossil of a human skull unearthed at Xuetangliangzi, Hubei province. Archaeology: Funerary relics show ethnic unity The Yinxu Ruins, the 3,300-year-old remains of what was once the capital of the late Shang Dynasty, have been included in China's top 10 list of archaeological finds of 2022. According to the administration, the list honored 10 outstanding examples of …

Yinxu royal grave ruins on honor list
1 year, 8 months ago

Yinxu royal grave ruins on honor list

China Daily  

Archaeologists carry the fossil of a human skull unearthed at Xuetangliangzi, Hubei province. Archaeology: Funerary relics show ethnic unity The Yinxu Ruins, the 3,300-year-old remains of what was once the capital of the late Shang Dynasty, have been included in China's top 10 list of archaeological finds of 2022. According to the administration, the list honored 10 outstanding examples of …

Yinxu royal grave ruins on honor list
1 year, 8 months ago

Yinxu royal grave ruins on honor list

China Daily  

Archaeologists carry the fossil of a human skull unearthed at Xuetangliangzi, Hubei province. Archaeology: Funerary relics show ethnic unity The Yinxu Ruins, the 3,300-year-old remains of what was once the capital of the late Shang Dynasty, have been included in China's top 10 list of archaeological finds of 2022. According to the administration, the list honored 10 outstanding examples of …

Yinxu royal grave ruins on honor list
1 year, 8 months ago

Yinxu royal grave ruins on honor list

China Daily  

Archaeologists carry the fossil of a human skull unearthed at Xuetangliangzi, Hubei province. Archaeology: Funerary relics show ethnic unity The Yinxu Ruins, the 3,300-year-old remains of what was once the capital of the late Shang Dynasty, have been included in China's top 10 list of archaeological finds of 2022. According to the administration, the list honored 10 outstanding examples of …

Yinxu royal grave ruins on honor list
1 year, 8 months ago

Yinxu royal grave ruins on honor list

China Daily  

Archaeologists carry the fossil of a human skull unearthed at Xuetangliangzi, Hubei province. Archaeology: Funerary relics show ethnic unity The Yinxu Ruins, the 3,300-year-old remains of what was once the capital of the late Shang Dynasty, have been included in China's top 10 list of archaeological finds of 2022. According to the administration, the list honored 10 outstanding examples of …

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

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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 …

Xia Dynasty relics site found in North China
1 year, 9 months ago

Xia Dynasty relics site found in North China

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This undated photo provided by the Shanxi provincial institute of archaeology shows bone tools unearthed from the Dongqu relics site dating back to the late period of the Xia Dynasty in Jishan county of Yuncheng city, North China's Shanxi province. TAIYUAN -- Archaeologists have unearthed a relics site dating back to the late period of the Xia Dynasty in North …

Xia Dynasty relics site found in North China
1 year, 9 months ago

Xia Dynasty relics site found in North China

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This undated photo provided by the Shanxi provincial institute of archaeology shows bone tools unearthed from the Dongqu relics site dating back to the late period of the Xia Dynasty in Jishan county of Yuncheng city, North China's Shanxi province. TAIYUAN -- Archaeologists have unearthed a relics site dating back to the late period of the Xia Dynasty in North …

Shanxi publishes information about Zhou Dynasty tomb
1 year, 11 months ago

Shanxi publishes information about Zhou Dynasty tomb

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An aerial photo shows tomb M2022 of the Hengshui Western Zhou Dynasty tomb group in Jiangxian county of Yuncheng, Shanxi province. The Shanxi Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology published new archaeological excavation information on Wednesday describing what was found in a tomb dating to the Western Zhou Dynasty in Jiangxian county of Yuncheng, Shanxi province. Based on size, the …

Saving the best for last
1 year, 11 months ago

Saving the best for last

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A bronze ornament featuring the face of an animal, excavated from the Jiuwutou site in Yuncheng, Shanxi province. How a foiled robbery attempt led to the unexpected discovery of a tomb full of relics that shed light on a key part of Shang history, report Yang Feiyue and Sun Ruisheng in Taiyuan. The relics were displayed by the Archaeology Institute …

Saving the best for last
1 year, 11 months ago

Saving the best for last

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A bronze ornament featuring the face of an animal, excavated from the Jiuwutou site in Yuncheng, Shanxi province. How a foiled robbery attempt led to the unexpected discovery of a tomb full of relics that shed light on a key part of Shang history, report Yang Feiyue and Sun Ruisheng in Taiyuan. The relics were displayed by the Archaeology Institute …

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

Relics dating back to Bronze Age found in NE China

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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

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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 …

Late Shang Dynasty tombs discovered in Central China
2 years, 6 months ago

Late Shang Dynasty tombs discovered in Central China

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File photo shows the cultural relics unearthed in the Heiyuling tomb complex in Quzici Township, in the city of Miluo, Central China's Hunan province. Archaeologists have discovered 25 tombs dating back to the late Shang Dynasty in Central China's Hunan province. According to the Hunan provincial institute of cultural relics and archaeology, the Heiyuling tomb complex in Quzici Township, in …

Late Shang Dynasty tombs discovered in Central China
2 years, 6 months ago

Late Shang Dynasty tombs discovered in Central China

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File photo shows the cultural relics unearthed in the Heiyuling tomb complex in Quzici Township, in the city of Miluo, Central China's Hunan province. Archaeologists have discovered 25 tombs dating back to the late Shang Dynasty in Central China's Hunan province. According to the Hunan provincial institute of cultural relics and archaeology, the Heiyuling tomb complex in Quzici Township, in …

2021年度全国十大考古新发现揭晓！
2 years, 8 months ago

2021年度全国十大考古新发现揭晓！

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3月31日，2021年度全国十大考古新发现揭晓。 图片来源：新华社 Piluo site, Sichuan Province 四川稻城皮洛遗址 Piluo is by far China's best preserved archaeological site from the Paleolithic period dating back from 2.5 million to around 10,000 years ago. 经过四轮发掘，在鸡叫城遗址西侧发现了大型木结构建筑遗址。这是目前中国考古发现的保存最完整、结构最清楚的木结构建筑基础，可追溯至距今4700年前。 图片来源：新华社 Gangshang site, Shandong Province 山东滕州岗上遗址 The Gangshang site, located in eastern Tengzhou City, east China's Shandong Province, is the earliest and largest historical site of Dawenkou culture discovered …

去年北京考古出土文物约5000件
2 years, 10 months ago

去年北京考古出土文物约5000件

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2021年，北京考古工作和大遗址保护取得新进展。 2021年12月7日， 考古工作人员展示琉璃河遗址出土的铜簋。（图片来源：新华社） Beijing unearthed about 5,000 pieces of cultural relics in 2021, Liu Hongchang, spokesperson of Beijing Municipal Cultural Heritage Bureau, told a press conference. 13日，北京市文物局发言人刘洪昌表示，2021年，北京市考古发掘项目120项、发掘面积11.6万平方米，出土文物约5000件。 Four archaeological sites in Beijing -- Zhoukoudian site, Liulihe River site, Dabaotai Tomb of Han Dynasty and Dingling Mausoleum of Ming Dynasty -- were selected among China's top 100 archaeology findings of the …

Ancient tombs found in North China's Shanxi
2 years, 11 months ago

Ancient tombs found in North China's Shanxi

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File photo provided by the Shanxi archaeology research institute shows the relics items in an excavation site in Shuozhou, North China's Shanxi province. Archaeologists have discovered more than 400 tombs dating back to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Han dynasty in North China's Shanxi province. TAIYUAN -- Archaeologists have discovered more than 400 tombs dating back to the Eastern …

A mountain of knowledge
3 years ago

A mountain of knowledge

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Pottery artifacts unearthed from the Yanshanzhai site in Yingde, Guangdong province, unveil the largest known Neolithic site in the Lingnan area. Nearly 1,000 cultural relics including jade items, bronze and pottery, and stone artifacts were unearthed from the graveyard, estimated to be more than 4,000 square meters in size. Specific dating of the Yanshanzhai site has not been released, but …

A mountain of knowledge
3 years ago

A mountain of knowledge

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A set of stone arrows unearthed from the Yanshanzhai site. Yanshanzhai site, the Lingnan region's largest known human settlement from the Neolithic period-defined in China as between 10,000 and 4,000 years ago-was found on a mountain in Yingde, a city in the north of Guangdong province. Since 2019, a joint archaeological team drawn from Guangdong Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics …

Hunan Museum, Hunan province
3 years, 2 months ago

Hunan Museum, Hunan province

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During the late Shang Dynasty, to escape from wars and chaos, some Yin clan people from the Shang territory who were proficient in metallurgy and casting technology migrated southward to Hunan province and introduced their bronze casting method to the province. Hunan province is thus one of the areas in southern China where the largest number of bronzes of various …

Shanxi Bronze Museum, Shanxi province
3 years, 2 months ago

Shanxi Bronze Museum, Shanxi province

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The exhibition hall of the Shanxi Bronze Museum Installed in the Shanxi Museum and showcasing a brilliant collection of bronzes discovered in Shanxi province, the Shanxi Bronze Museum tells the story of China’s Bronze Age from a new cultural perspective and with an extraordinary design philosophy. The permanent display Glories of the Bronze Age exhibits over 2,200 cultural relics dating …

The Shaanxi History Museum, Shaanxi province
3 years, 2 months ago

The Shaanxi History Museum, Shaanxi province

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The Shaanxi History Museum in Xi’an city houses over 3,900 pieces of bronze ware, dating from the Shang and Zhou dynasties to the Qin and Han dynasties. Among them, many typical bronze wares from the Shang and Zhou dynasties bear inscriptions of high historical value, such as the Duoyou Ding Tripod of the Western Zhou Dynasty. The Duoyou Ding of …

Baoji Bronze Ware Museum, Shaanxi province
3 years, 2 months ago

Baoji Bronze Ware Museum, Shaanxi province

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The Plate of Lai from the Western Zhou Dynasty, from the permanent collection of the Baoji Bronze Ware Museum. The Baoji Bronze Ware Museum is the first bronze-themed museum in China for the collection, preservation, exhibition, and research of ancient Chinese bronze ware. In the permanent exhibition of the Baoji Bronze Ware Museum, “the Civilization of Bronze Casting”,more than 1,500 …

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