More than 500 pieces of relics
The relics, discovered at the six new sacrificial pits of the ruins, include golden masks, jade and ivory artifacts and bronze wares
The new finds bring the total number of items discovered at Sanxingdui to nearly 2,000
“The new discoveries demonstrate once again that
Tang added that the excavation of the new pits has entered a critical stage,
Originally discovered in the late 1920s, the Sanxingdui Ruins have been referred to as one of the world’s greatest archaeological finds of the 20th century.
Located in the city of Guanghan, around 60 km from the provincial capital Chengdu, the ruins covering
“That is a sleeping dragon.” Napoleon,
Nowhere is China’s influence more apparent than Beijing. As China’s
Did you ever wish that you could foretell the future? Well, thousands of years ago, the people living in
The site of Gegharot is rather small in
The shrines at Gegharot offer archaeologists a rare glimpse into fortune-telling practices that would have been the closely
I have been in Taiyuan, the provincial capital of Shanxi, for two years since I
Over the two years, I found myself
The city has
I hope more international students come to study in Shanxi University and to live and work in China
Originally constructed around 256 BCE by the State of Qin
During the Warring States period, people who lived along the banks of the Min River
I have been in Taiyuan, the provincial capital of Shanxi, for two years since I
Over the two years, I found
My favorite sport is cycling and I find China is very cyclist-friendly because it is convenient
Taiyuan
The Xi’an City Wall is the most complete city wall that has survived China’s long history. It
We accessed the wall through the South Gate. The wall is 12 meters high and from here you can see streams of people moving inside and outside the City Wall.
After
We
The iceberg that was for a time the biggest in the world is no more. A68, as it was known, covered an area of nearly 6,000 km2
China’s Liangzhu Archaeological Site
The site,
The World Heritage Committee added Liangzhu to the UNESCO list
Iceland shows off nature
Found just south of the Arctic Circle, it’s far from the northernmost country on Earth. But as a travel destinations, Iceland is on top of the world.
Known as‚ “the land of fire and ice”, the country has many natural wonders. As the Today website put it, “It is
As the world was reminded when the Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupted six years ago, Iceland is a country “still in the making, and few other places offer the same opportunities to see the earth
Ice is Iceland’s other big attraction-to be exact, the huge glaciers which travel toward the coast,
On Sept 28, the country’s capital Reykjavik decided to turn off all streetlights for an hour at night to give people a unique chance to enjoy the northern lights. Thanks to the glaciers and the dark sky, the bright, colourful
And
“The beast in Iceland, with its harsh(严酷的) nature and bitter, ever-changing weather. We cannot escape it,” Haraldur Jonsson, an Icelandic artists, told the Observer newspaper while describing his inspiration. “So we find ways to live with it. We