Dec 2007 - Feb 2008 news of China’s Heritage and Archaeology |

Dec 2007 - Feb 2008 news of China’s Heritage and Archaeology

Efforts urged to promote Chinese intangible cultural heritage
Co-op needed to stop trade in relics
Research: Christianity popular among China’s Tang Dynasty citizens Artists honored for heritage
Old toys popular in Beijing
China appoints national intangible masterpiece inheritors
China to seek cultural heritage status for Spring Festival
Ancient canal a supply lifeline for east China region hit by snow
China’s cultural encyclopedia to cover 20,000 ancient works
Shanxi’s Shehuo show believed to bring hope, good luck
Drama highlights culture of Tu nationality in NW China
Macao proposes new solution to protect local world heritage site
China publishes book featuring its 129 languages
Chinese expert says returned sarira pagoda was stolen by foreign invaders
China earmarks special funds to protect Tibet cultural relics
Up-to-scratch TCM Rx for eczema
Mongols reached America before the Europeans
A new world opens to Derung tribes
Shaolin Temple abbot publishes Kung-fu magazines
Amendments to border quarantine, cultural relics protection law adopted
New Chinese textbook on Silk Road designed to spread cultural awareness
Facial tattoos marking womanhood dying out
Emperor’s clothes available from modern hands
Shaolin kung-fu perfromance showed in Henan
Aging residents perform Chuan Opera in SW China city
Shows strengthen protection of Chinese cultural heritage
The Religious Ritual and Historical Convention of Living Buddha Reincarnation
Dai opera: China’s Intangible Cultural Heritage
Feature: Filmmakers believe they have solved riddle of China’s Sanxingdui ruins
Artists welcomed to paint and carve in new Dunhuang grottoes 




China finds fossil of tiny pterodactyl
Fossil from Liaoning flies into evolutionary history
Ancient frescos discovered in Shandong
China excavates 2,500-year-old sword in Jiangxi tomb
Expert: salvaged ancient boat well protected
Ancient merchant boat raised from the depths of the South China Sea
Chinese team ready to salvage 800-year-old ship on "Marine Silk Road"
Ancient relics of Shang Dynasty unearthed in Henan
Neolithic sword found in SW China
China renews salvage of 800-year-old ship after gales, technical problems
Imperial tombs of 2,200 years old found in C China
Female skeleton found in 2,200-year-old tomb in C China 

Debate over China’s Imperial Garden replica escalates
Many Beijing heritage buildings in a sorry state
Ancient Guangzhou palace to be restored
Replica of China’s Imperial Garden appeals for public donations
China orders urgent fire-safety checks at ancient monuments
China plans huge investment to protect Mogao Grottoes
Facelift for historic mansion
Xi’an injects further funds to preserve residential heritage
Yaobao Town — "Living Fossil of Ancient Buildings"
Repairs of Tibet cultural heritage sites targeted for completion in 2008
Expert: Yungang Grottoes in urgent need of attention
188 Beijing buildings to be given gov’t protection
Beijing gives preservation status to dozens of 20th century buildings
Bridge of Wind and Rain in Guangxi
Knockers of China’s imperial garden auctioned amid controversy
Restoration of Imperial Academy to be completed 

Curator makes museum a hip place to visit
China’s oldest library revives lessons of Confucius after 70-year hiatus
China’s central gov’t to compensate museums for free entry
Anhui Culture Museum opens to the public
Ancient merchant boat arrives at purpose-built museum
Shaanxi history museum to open new showroom
A green-faced terracotta warrior to be shown in Xi’an
Largest Farming Culture Museum under construction
China’s oldest library opens in the evening
Memorial curator: Remains of Nanjing Massacre victims well preserved
Suzhou Garden Museum opens new hall
Rembrandt’s drypoints displayed in Hangzhou
Literature hall of Lin Yutang opens in Zhangzhou 

News from Xinhua

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