A bird's-eye view of the foundations of the Mo'er Temple Site in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Recently, the British news magazine The Economist published an article criticizing "the use of archaeology as a weapon by the Chinese government" in the context of the archaeological excavation at the Mo'er Temple Site in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Scholars from the Institute …
Pottery exhibits and the No 3 tomb on display at the Qiuci Wei and Jin Ancient Tomb Site Museum in Kuqa, Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. DING LEI/XINHUA When they were unearthed, they were the first Han-style brick chamber tombs identical in structure to those found in the Central China Plains region and the Hexi Corridor, part of the …
Zhu Yong, research librarian at the Palace Museum, director of the Palace Museum Cultural Communication Researcher Institute Chinese civilization is essentially a diversified and integrated civilization. Dating back 6,000 years, from the present-day Liaoning province in the north to Liangzhu in today's Zhejiang province in the south, the sparkles of civilization shone across the vast land of China. Liaoning's geography …
Some of the musical instruments on display. CHINA DAILY Fancy footwear She also highlights shoes with "toe springs", or upward curves at their tips. The researcher says that since the Shang Dynasty, people in China's Central Plains often wore this kind of shoe. "This indicates that although shoes with toe springs are not commonly worn by the Han ethnic group …
