Year-ender: Top 10 cultural events from 2019 (2)

A park in Liangzhu features ruins. [Photo by Wang Chuan/For China Daily]

2. Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City included in UNESCO heritage list

The Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, which date back 5,300 years, were inscribed onto the UNESCO World Heritage list during the 43rd session of the World Heritage Committee in Baku, Azerbaijan, on July 6, 2019.

The ruins, whose core area covers 14.3 square kilometers in the northwest of Hangzhou, is considered an important representation of early urban civilization, with rice-cultivating agriculture as the economic foundation.

The heritage site includes city ruins with palace and altar remains, 11 early-stage dams, and high-level cemetery sites. The Neolithic civilization was thought to last about 1,000 years until 4,300 years ago, according to archaeologists' research.

China now has 55 entries to the World Heritage list, the most in the world.