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| Chinese Experts Pitching in Rescuing World's Only "Female Characters" |
Chinese experts are organizing a project to rescue "Female Characters" as the only written form of feminine scripts in the world that are on the verge of extinction.
"Female Characters", also named "female letters", is an old unique written form of females handed down among folks from generation to generation in Jiangyong County, Hunan Province. |
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| Beijing Takes Measures to Protect Cultural Relics |
| Beijing is to close 34 illegal mines close to Yunju Temple and the Museum of Peking Man Ruins at Zhoukoudian this year. |
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| Ancient Oven Unearthed in NW China |
| Local archaeologists have unearthed an ancient oven, dating back more than 3,500 years, in Qinghai Province in northwest China. |
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| Ancient Jade Artifacts Found in North China |
| In north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region archeologists have excavated jade artifacts dating back more than 8,000 years, the earliest discovered in China. |
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| Ancient Tombs Unearthed in SW China |
| Chinese archaeologists have excavated nearly 100 tombs built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in Yunnan Province, southwest China and unearthed a great number of precious cultural relics. |
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| Excavation of Qianling Mausoleum in Dispute |
| Chinese archaeologists can not agree on when to open the 1,200-year-old Qianling mausoleum, the tomb of Wu Zetian, the famous empress of ancient China during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Some people insist that excavation of Qianling be started as soon as possible. Others are urging to hold off a bit, saying a plan has to be in place to protect the tomb's treasures before any digging begins. |
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| Yungang Grottos Listed as World Heritage |
| The 25th meeting of world heritage committee has passed decision to list China's Yungang Grottoes on World Heritage List, the news came from Helsinki December 13. This brings China's total sites on the list to 28, next only to Spain and Italy. |
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| Livestock Pit Unearthed in Royal Mausoleum |
| A Chinese archaeological team announced recently they have unearthed one livestock pit and another two sacrifice pits around Luozhuang Mausoleum, the earliest West Han (206 B.C.--25 AD.) Dynasty royal mausoleum so far unearthed in China. |
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| National Treasures to Be Displayed in Taiwan |
Three Chinese national treasures including a bronze monkey head, a bronze ox head and a bronze tiger head, looted from the Yuanmingyuan in 1860 and auctioned in Hong Kong, together with another 120 relics will be sent to Taiwan on November 28 for a grand exhibition in late December.
The relics exhibition, sponsored by three Taiwan-based organizations, is claimed to be the largest of its kind in recent years. |
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| 300-year-old Feudal Houses Put Under State Protection |
| A group of houses built more than 300 years ago, in north China's Hebei Province, have been recently listed as relics and under state protection, sources say. |
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| Ancient Carriages Unearthed in Central China |
| Some 20 carriages and dozens of horse remains have been found in a pit in Xinzheng city, central China's Henan province. |
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| Largest-Ever Relic Pit Unearthed in Henan |
| The latest discovery of the largest-ever chariot pit relic featuring inscribed carts and horse bones in Central China's Henan Province may lead to the unearthing of far-flung chariot pit groups that could be key to understanding Chinese civilizations that existed more than 2,000 years ago. |
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| Ancient Jar May Contain Wine of Record Vintage |
| Chinese archeologists have said that an ancient bronze jar excavated in the Three Gorges area might contain wine made 2,000 years ago. |
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| Relics Protection Stressed in Renovation for 2008 Games |
| Local archaeologists and experts are urging Beijing government to protect cultural relics that might be damaged by the massive construction campaign about to start to prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games. |
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| Nanjing Repairing Ancient City Wall |
| The repair of what was one of the world's biggest city walls is progressing well in this capital of Jiangsu Province, east China. |
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| Buildings of Former Nanjing National Government Listed as Unit for Cultural Relic Protection |
| Old buildings of former Nanjing National Government of the Republic of China have been listed as a cultural relic unit under the state protection. |
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| Ancient Imperial Porcelain Workshop Discovered |
| Chinese archaeologists have discovered an imperial porcelain workshop dating back to the Southern Song Dynasty of more than 800 years ago in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Province in east China. |
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| China Building Digitized Forbidden City |
| China opened a website about the Palace Museum -- the famous imperial Forbidden City -- in Beijing, Monday, using modern digital technologies to preserve its ancient art. |
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| China Trains Anti-Smuggling Police With Knowledge of Antiques |
| China has launched a five-day seminar to train its anti-smuggling police officers with knowledge of antiques in a bid to help them be better prepared for the fight against smuggling. |
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| Guilin Vases Arrive in Beijing |
| 99 treasured plum vases kept in the Guilin Museum are now on display at the Museum of Chinese History, according to the latest Beijing Today. |
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