Qingtang Site in Yingde city, Guangdong province. The Archaeological Forum of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing announced six new archaeological discoveries in China in 2018 on Thursday, including Qingtang Site in Yingde city, Guangdong pr
In 366 AD in Dunhuang, China, the monk Lezun excavated the first cave that comprises the Mogao Grottoes. Protecting the Dunhuang murals is now a race against time.Let the guardian of the murals share secrets of heritage protection and tell you about how p
47 heritage sites and more than 70 pieces of relics were found at the middle and lower reaches of the Keriya River in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Recently, 47 heritage sites and more than 70 pieces of relics were found at the middl
Visitors look at reproduced work of the 285th Cave of the Mogao Grottoes.Exhibition titledDigital Dunhuang, the Story of Heaven and Earthopened at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum on July 10, alluring visitors to savor the splendid Dunhuang culture.Organized
An exhibition featuring Jiaojia relics was unveiled at the National Museum of China on July 10. The exhibition consists of over 230 artifacts, most of which come from the Zhangqiu Jiaojia ruins in Shandong province. The heritage site was listed as a top 1
Archaeologists excavate at the Shangshihe village tombs in Sanmenxia city, Henan province, June 30, 2018.After more than three months of archaeological excavation, the Shangshihe village in Sanmenxia city of Henan province has unearthed 21 rectangle verti
More than 300 cultural treasures unearthed from the 13th and 14th centuries are exhibited at the Guangdong Museum in South China's Guangzhou city, illustrating the prosperous ceramic trade in East Asia along the ancient maritime Silk Road. Items on displa
An exhibition featuring replicas of the renowned Mogao Grottoes is underway at the Shanghai Tower, the tallest building in China. In the next 10 months, visitors will be able to have a close look at three life-size replicas of the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang,
The Tongtiandong relics in Jeminay, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region -- Paleolithic, up to 45,000 years ago. In a cave at the crossroads of China, Central Asia and Europe, archeologists found remains dating back 3,500 to 45,000 years.It is the first Paleo
A visitor takes a photo of a Tang Dynasty silver sachet decorated with grape, flower and bird patterns at the Southern Song Dynasty Guan Kiln Museum in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, April 3, 2018.The exhibitionChang'an in Spring: Access the Flourishing Tan
People visit an exhibition entitledThe Echo of Civilization – Ancient Treasures from Afghanistanat the Chengdu Museum in Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province, on Feb 28, 2017. The exhibit showcases more than 231 sets of relics from the N
A Tang Dynasty gold coffin is displayed at the Zhejiang Provincial Museum in Hangzhou, Feb 27, 2017. An exhibition featuring Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907) cultural relics is being held at the Zhejiang Provincial Museum in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhe
Staff members install a Pompeii sculpture at the Chengdu Jinsha Site Museum, Feb 5. The exhibitionPompeii, the Infinite Lifefeaturing ancient Roman relics will open at the Chengdu Jinsha Site Museum in Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan provinc
A dog-themed relics exhibition opened at the National Museum of China in Beijing, on Jan 30, 2017. More than 100 precious relics and artifacts including traditional painting, paper-cuts, jade sculptures and Lunar New Year's paintings have been chosen for
An exhibition, entitledThe Echo of Civilization – Ancient Treasures from Afghanistan, opens at the Chengdu Museum in Chengdu, capital of Southwest China’s Sichuan province, Feb 1, 2017. The exhibit showcases more than 231 sets of relics from the National
Fresco from ancient tombs in Shanxi province. A total of 89 frescos from ancient tombs, divided into 12 groups, are being displayed at an exhibition unveiled at the Shanghai Museum on Wednesday.The frescos are from Shanxi Museum's collections, covering pi
The jade seal that belonged to Liu He. The top 10 cultural relics of Haihunhou ruins in Nanchang city were revealed recently, with Emperor Liu He's jade seal, chime and gold wares being selected.The 2,000-year-old tomb of Haihunhou (the Marquis of Haihun)
An aerial view of the ancient tombs in Zhong county, Southwest China's Chongqing. Twenty-seven ancient tombs have been unearthed in Zhong county, Southwest China's Chongqing, during a three-month excavation covering an area of 1,600 square meters.These si
A mural from the Mogao Cave 61 shows a celebration scene at Wutai Mountain during Chongyang Festival. The Dunhuang Research Academy has released a batch of Dunhuang murals showing the ancient folk scene of the Chongyang Festival, or Double Ninth Festival,
This photo shows the archaeological excavation site in the Anning river valley area of Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture in Southwest China's Sichuan province on Oct 11, 2017. Large scale ruins of semi-subterranean dwellings have been discovered in the A
A blue and red porcelain jar is on display at the Nanjing Museum, Sept 28. An exhibition,China and the World: Seacraft and Porcelain Exhibition along the Maritime Silk Road, opened at the Nanjing Museum on Sept 28.Featuring the shipwrecks and porcelains f
An exhibition of Thangkaartis heldat the Cultural Palace of Nationalities inBeijingfrom Sept 2 to 6, 2017. The exhibit showcases more than 120 Thangka art works created by 100 masters from Tibet autonomous region, Qinghai, Sichuan and Gansu provinces.Than
An ancient brick tomb painted with colored murals from Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) was discovered in Shanxi when a villager was renovating his old residence in Yuanjiazhuang village, Jifeng town, Jishan county, Shanxi province.2017-08-31 13:48:04 （来自
HeartSutra, by Xu Ruifeng. For nearly 1,000 years, mountainous Dehua county in Fujian province has been producing ivory-white porcelain.When pieces were exported in large quantities to Europe via the Maritime Silk Road between the 17th and 18th centuries,
A bronze unicorn from the AncientTeaHorse Road is on display at the Hebei Museum in Shijiazhuang, on Aug 3. A cultural relics exhibition from the Ancient Tea Horse Road opened at the Hebei Museum in Shijiazhuang, capital of North China's Hebei province, o
Three vehicles have been earthed from the Zheng State No 3 pit in Xinzheng city, Central China's Henan province, after five months' excavation. One of the vehicles included a large carriage for ancient high officials or nobles.
A photo of calligraphy downloaded from the Taipei Palace Museum's official website Taipei's Palace Museum has put more than 70,000 pictures online, which people can download for free. All the pictures are available on the "Open Data" section of
The ancient State of Chu from the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC) and the Warring States period (476-221 BC) made glorious cultural achievements including bronze smelting, colorful silk weaving, embroidery and lacquerware.
Archaeologists in Guiyang county of Hunan province have found a batch of rarely seen brick carvings from the Song Dynasty (960-1279). The bricks from local collector Li Shaoyu's collection, are covered in dust, but experts believe they are of high value.
The National Museum of China in Beijing was the world's most-visited museum in 2016, says an annual report on global attractions.
The excavation of an ancient tomb is currently underway at a construction site in the Chuaigutuan village of Yangyuan county, North China's Hebei province on June 11.
To mark International Museum Day on May 18, the Shandong Museum displayed 200 pieces of blue and white porcelain from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The showpieces include royal collections from the Place Museum, imperial kiln productions unearthed in Jing
Imagine a pottery male figure with his upper body naked, revealing his natural and astonishingly accurate anatomy. He wears only a short loincloth, imposing his muscles as a strong man.
While there is still debate over whether the studies of Zhang Daqian (1899-1983) of the murals in Dunhuang's Mogao Grottoes damaged the art, his work during a time of war and social upheaval is much prized.
Shanxi contributed two discoveries to China's vital new archaeological finds in 2016, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences announced at an archaeology forum on Jan 10.
An exhibition of more than 700 pieces or sets of jade unearthed from the Fu Hao tomb has opened at the Guangdong Museum in Guangzhou.
More than 20 human settlement sites from the pre-Qin period were discovered scattered along the Anning river valley plain for nearly 100 kilometers in Southwest China's Sichuan province, according an archaeological achievements briefing in Xichang on Dec
The year 2016 marks the 740th anniversary of the founding of Dadu, the capital city of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), and the 35th anniversary of the founding of the Capital Museum in Beijing. A special exhibition was unveiled recently at the Capital Museu
