By WANG KAIHAO in Urumqi | China Daily | Updated: 2023-11-10 08:01A Han Dynasty brocade is displayed at the Xinjiang Museum in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Archaeological discoveries provide clearer picture of social developmentBen
By Wang Ru | China Daily | Updated: 2023-10-31 22:54The fourth national census of cultural relics will begin this month, with the aim of gaining a comprehensive grasp of the scope of the country's immovable cultural heritage sites, the State Council, Chin
By Wang Qian | China Daily | Updated: 2023-10-31 07:47Archaeologists at the site where three early Shang Dynasty (c. 16th century-11th century BC) ditches were recently unearthed, in what is now Zhengzhou, Henan province.Researchers from the Henan Provinc
An ancient settlement site dating to the middle Neolithic period was recently unearthed in Balizhuang, Anyang, Henan province. An ancient settlement site dating to the middle Neolithic period was recently unearthed in Balizhuang, Anyang, Henan province.A
An exhibition featuring the latest archaeological discoveries in South China's Guangzhou opens at the city's Nanhan Erling Museum, April 25, 2023. An exhibition featuring the latest archaeological discoveries in Guangzhou, in south China's Guangdong, has
Shao Shuai talks about the damage to the rammed earth of the wall of Pingyao on Oct 20, 2021. Shao Shuai clearly recalls an emergency call he received on the afternoon of Oct 3, 2021, in which officials responsible for the cultural heritage protection of
Visitors look at a human-faced net-patterned colored pottery basin on display at the Banpo Museum in Xi'an, Aug 9th, 2023. With the onset of summer, the Banpo Museum in Xi'an has seen a surge in visitors and students eager to explore and learn. Visitors d
"Ensuring quality service is the primary focus today, in our endeavor to preserve cultural heritage and cultural artifacts. It should serve as a cultural oasis in our lives, a grand classroom for our learning and an encyclopedia for our reading"
Wengji settlement in Mangjing village, Pu'er, Yunnan province, shrouded by old tea forests and a sea of clouds.CHINA DAILYTraditional tea-growing area honors its history as it embraces the future, Wang Kaihao reports in Pu'er, Yunnan.Near the China-Myanma
The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er gained World Heritage Site status on the 45th Session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Sunday, becoming China's 57th entry on that list.It is al
This photo taken on March 23, 2023 shows a ditch of the water system in the ruins of a city from the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC) in Zhengzhou, capital of Central China's Henan province. A water system from more than 3,600 years ago has been discovered in
Ongoing digitization project in Cave 351 of the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, Gansu province.WANG KAIHAO/CHINA DAILYExperts gather to swap notes, explore solutions to better protect cave temples and stone carvings worldwide, Yang Feiyue reports in Chongqing.Ar
Researchers from China and Kazakhstan work at the Rahat site on a joint archaeological project last month. XINHUAXI'AN/ALMATY — Ding Yan, a researcher at the Shaanxi Academy of Archaeology, gives the pottery fragments a few swipes with his brush and exami
A bronze mask is displayed at the Sanxingdui Museum in Guanghan city, Southwest China's Sichuan province. A new exhibition,Gazing at Sanxingdui: New Archaeological Discoveries in Sichuan, will be held at the Hong Kong Palace Museum from September 27, 2023
A view of the Site of Xuanquanzhi in Dunhuang city, Northwest China’s Gansu province, on July 30, 2023 On an overcast, windy morning in late July, standing in the arid Gobi Desert of Dunhuang city, Northwest China’s Gansu province, was a test in its own r
