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Ancient Stupa Found in Northwest ChinaAn ancient stupa has been found at the Yingpan Ruins in Lop Nur, a desolate wasteland in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.Chinese archaeologist Wang Binghua announced his discovery of the stupa during his expedition to Loulan, one of the busiest commercial cities on the ancient Silk Road which served as a transportation hub for the flow of goods from China to the West over 2,000 years ago. Wang said the partly collapsed stupa, five meters tall, has a square-shaped foundation and a cylindrical top. The adobe stupa is an example of Hindu architecture of the second and third century, he added. Buddhism entered China from India via Xinjiang in the first century, and that is why many Xinjiang stupas are in the Indian style, Wang said. Seven other similar stupas have also been found scattered around the ruins and are considered examples of early Buddhist architectures of the time when the religion was first introduced into Xinjiang. The Yingpan Ruins were discovered in the early 20th century. Chinese archaeologists began excavations in 1994 and found many ancient tombs dating back to the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-24 A.D.). In the tombs, burial objects such as clothing, wood, bronze, and lacquer ware, and gold and silver ornaments have been unearthed.
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