Archaeology
A visit to Jingdezhen - Hometown of China’s ceramic and porcerlain centre
Though I never really did internship as most universities require of their students, the Department of Museology in Fudan University ensured that their students had insights into the various area we can actually choose to work in. Among the places we visited, we touched on conversation practices, architectural practices, archaeology, museum management, as well as [...]
Mar 2008 - May 2008 news of China’s Heritage and Archaeology
Race against time to save relics
Terracotta figures in Xi’an suffer slight damage
Historic, cultural relics to undergo repair work
China to investigate cultural relic damages in quake zones
Age-old heritage site victim of quake in SW China
Qianmen St. to be ready before Olympics
Temples stand the test of time
China’s Inner Mongolia undertakes most ambitious Great Wall survey, repair
Renovation of [...]
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 [...]
November 2007 news of China’s Heritage and Archaeology
Descendants donate historic files of Zhou Enlai
Documentaries zoom in on China as Olympics nears
Memorial opened to commemorate Mao’s 2nd wife
Henan issues protective list of folk architectures
Historical sites to get more protection
Tourism helps reviving traditional Tibetan dancing
China to survey ancient villages for cultural heritage protection program
Intangible heritage inventory to be compiled in HK
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The mysteries of ancient Sanxingdui II
Archaeologists around the world were excited by the unearthling of large palatial remains in the 1980s, the remnants of the eastern, western and southern walls in 1984 and the discovery of two large sacrificial pits in 1986.
These discoveries proved that Sanxingdui contains the ruins of an ancient city that was political, economic and cultural centre [...]
