CHINA-HENAN-KAIFENG-STONE MURALS (CN)

CHINA-HENAN-KAIFENG-STONE MURALS (CN)

(220928) -- ZHENGZHOU, Sept. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 21, 2022 shows auspicious patterns of traditional Chinese culture on a stone mural discovered in the Zhouqiao relics site in Kaifeng City, central China's Henan Province. Two stone murals from the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) have been unearthed in Henan Province, which are the largest of their kind ever found in the country, archaeologists said Wednesday. The murals, discovered in the Zhouqiao relics site in Kaifeng City, are symmetrically distributed along the northern and southern banks at the east side of the Zhouqiao Bridge. The murals are 3.3 meters in height, and it has been revealed that the excavated length of the south bank mural is 23.2 meters, while that of the northern one is 21.2 meters. The stone murals are engraved with auspicious patterns of traditional Chinese culture such as flying cranes and clouds. Further excavation and cleanup work is still in progress, said Zhou Runshan, head of the excavation project,

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