‘Chinese Civilization’

With millions of years of human history, 10,000 years of cultural history, and more than 5,000 years of civilisation history have seen the Chinese nation thrive and survive. Its tenacious vitality has created a continuous, innovative, united, inclusive and peaceful civilisation. Archaeology is a process of dialogue with the ancients. Through repeated archaeological discoveries, we can understand history and the brilliant civilisation of the past.

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In 1986, a large bronze standing figure, a vertical-eyed bronze mask, and a bronze sacred tree unearthed at the Sanxingdui site in Guanghan of Sichuan Province shocked the world. In 2021, an even larger underground world was unveiled with six more artefact pits were discovered. The huge number of cultural relics, and this glittering landmark of civilisation amazed the world.

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Black pottery was originated in China's Neolithic Age. Shi Xingeng, who discovered the black pottery fragments, conducted the investigations and excavations in the Liangzhu region, which bought new understanding to the long and unknown barbaric history of southern region of the Yangtze River. Over 80 years later, the successful inscription of Liangzhu as a World Heritage site further affirmed that Chinese civilisation can be traced back to 5,000 years ago.

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