China s National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA) on Friday announced China s top 10 archaeological discoveries in 2023, which aims to recognize the most significant archaeological discoveries made in the country during the year.
Around 240 kilometers from the Jiaojia excavation site in Jinan, capital of Shandong province, archaeologists have unearthed yet another 5,000-year-old portal to the past at Chengang village in Tengzhou city, in the southern part of the province.
A national comprehensive research program, launched in 2002, to trace the origins of Chinese civilization, has led to the excavations and studies of key sites that are about 3,500 to 5,500 years old. It has revealed a host of secrets about ancient China, including how early civilizations were formed and how they merged to create unity in diversity. China Daily speaks to experts working at these sites to decode their recent discoveries.
TAI'AN, China, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ This is a news report from the Information Office of Taian Municipal Government: Recently, Mark Towne,led by his friends, came to Dai Temple, Tai'an City, Shandong Province, China. The Dai Temple can be regarded as the center of Mount Tai's history and culture, and has important historical artistic and scientific values. The Dai Temple is located at the south foot, founded in the Han Dynasty. The templeis the place where emperors of all dynasties came to hold their grand ceremony of Fengshan. It is the largest existing ancient architectural complex in mountain Tai, some of the trees have a history of 2000 years. Tai'an is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization. More than 5000 years ago, it gave birth to the splendid Dawenkou Culture and became an important milestone in the history of Chinese civilization. Tai'an is endowed with unique tourism resources. Mount Tai, the first of the five mountains, is a sym