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Sijiaoping Archeological Site - China

Archaeologists work at the Sijiaoping site in Lixian County, Longnan City of northwest China's Gansu Province, Oct. 15, 2025. Located in Lixian County, Longnan City of Gansu, the Sijiaoping site is a large-scale ritual building complex designed with a symmetrical layout. The rammed earth platform at the center of the site features a square, semi-crypt space in the middle, which is paved with floor and wall tiles and connected to a drainage pipe made of clay. The site is among China's top 10 archaeological findings of 2023. Photo by Lang Bingbing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sijiaoping Archeological Site - China

A drone photo taken on Oct. 15, 2025 shows archaeologists at the Sijiaoping site in Lixian County, Longnan City of northwest China's Gansu Province. Located in Lixian County, Longnan City of Gansu, the Sijiaoping site is a large-scale ritual building complex designed with a symmetrical layout. The rammed earth platform at the center of the site features a square, semi-crypt space in the middle, which is paved with floor and wall tiles and connected to a drainage pipe made of clay. The site is among China's top 10 archaeological findings of 2023. Photo by Lang Bingbing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sijiaoping Archeological Site - China

An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 15, 2025 shows a view of the Sijiaoping site in Lixian County, Longnan City of northwest China's Gansu Province. Located in Lixian County, Longnan City of Gansu, the Sijiaoping site is a large-scale ritual building complex designed with a symmetrical layout. The rammed earth platform at the center of the site features a square, semi-crypt space in the middle, which is paved with floor and wall tiles and connected to a drainage pipe made of clay. The site is among China's top 10 archaeological findings of 2023. Photo by Lang Bingbing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sijiaoping Archeological Site - China

A drone photo taken on Oct. 15, 2025 shows a view of the Sijiaoping site in Lixian County, Longnan City of northwest China's Gansu Province. Located in Lixian County, Longnan City of Gansu, the Sijiaoping site is a large-scale ritual building complex designed with a symmetrical layout. The rammed earth platform at the center of the site features a square, semi-crypt space in the middle, which is paved with floor and wall tiles and connected to a drainage pipe made of clay. The site is among China's top 10 archaeological findings of 2023. Photo by Lang Bingbing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sijiaoping Archeological Site - China

An archaeologist works at the Sijiaoping site in Lixian County, Longnan City of northwest China's Gansu Province, Oct. 15, 2025. Located in Lixian County, Longnan City of Gansu, the Sijiaoping site is a large-scale ritual building complex designed with a symmetrical layout. The rammed earth platform at the center of the site features a square, semi-crypt space in the middle, which is paved with floor and wall tiles and connected to a drainage pipe made of clay. The site is among China's top 10 archaeological findings of 2023. Photo by Chen Bin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sijiaoping Archeological Site - China

A drone photo taken on Oct. 15, 2025 shows a view of the Sijiaoping site in Lixian County, Longnan City of northwest China's Gansu Province. Located in Lixian County, Longnan City of Gansu, the Sijiaoping site is a large-scale ritual building complex designed with a symmetrical layout. The rammed earth platform at the center of the site features a square, semi-crypt space in the middle, which is paved with floor and wall tiles and connected to a drainage pipe made of clay. The site is among China's top 10 archaeological findings of 2023. Photo by Chen Bin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sijiaoping Archeological Site - China

A drone photo taken on Oct. 15, 2025 shows a view of the Sijiaoping site in Lixian County, Longnan City of northwest China's Gansu Province. Located in Lixian County, Longnan City of Gansu, the Sijiaoping site is a large-scale ritual building complex designed with a symmetrical layout. The rammed earth platform at the center of the site features a square, semi-crypt space in the middle, which is paved with floor and wall tiles and connected to a drainage pipe made of clay. The site is among China's top 10 archaeological findings of 2023. Photo by Lang Bingbing/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sijiaoping Archeological Site - China

Archaeologists work at the Sijiaoping site in Lixian County, Longnan City of northwest China's Gansu Province, Oct. 15, 2025. Located in Lixian County, Longnan City of Gansu, the Sijiaoping site is a large-scale ritual building complex designed with a symmetrical layout. The rammed earth platform at the center of the site features a square, semi-crypt space in the middle, which is paved with floor and wall tiles and connected to a drainage pipe made of clay. The site is among China's top 10 archaeological findings of 2023. Photo by Chen Bin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Winding Mountain Road

ABA, CHINA - MAY 18, 2025 - Tourists were driving on National Road 662 (Lixian section) in Aba, Sichuan Province, China on May 18, 2025.

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Winding Mountain Road

ABA, CHINA - MAY 18, 2025 - The winding mountain road of National Highway 662 (Lixian Section) in Aba, Sichuan Province, China on May 18, 2025.

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Winding Mountain Road

ABA, CHINA - MAY 18, 2025 - The winding mountain road of National Highway 662 (Lixian Section) in Aba, Sichuan Province, China on May 18, 2025.

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Winding Mountain Road

ABA, CHINA - MAY 18, 2025 - The winding mountain road of National Highway 662 (Lixian Section) in Aba, Sichuan Province, China on May 18, 2025.

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Animation featuring China's Sanxingdui culture set to hit big screen

STORY: Animation featuring China's Sanxingdui culture set to hit big screen SHOOTING DATE: Dec. 23, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: CHENGDU, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the movie premiere 2. various of trailer of the movie STORYLINE: The first animated movie to feature China's Sanxingdui culture will hit the big screen in the country on Dec. 29. The national premiere of "Heroes of the Golden Mask" was held on Saturday in Chengdu, the capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province. The movie features Lixian, the daughter of a guardian in the ancient Sanxingdui city. She carries the golden mask of Sanxingdui entrusted to her by her father, and travels through time to find a boy called Charlie. A team of five teenage heroes is later formed, and they embark on a series of adventures while defeating evil. The movie blends ancient Sanxingdui cultural elements with modern creation techniques, said Yuan Shijun, deputy general manager of the Sichuan Cultural In

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Ming Dynasty mural tomb found in central China's Hunan

STORY: Ming Dynasty mural tomb found in central China's Hunan DATELINE: March 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:47 LOCATION: CHANGSHA, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the mural tomb STORYLINE: Archaeologists in central China's Hunan Province have found a joint burial tomb dating back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), according to the provincial institute of cultural relics and archaeology. The tomb was discovered in Nanhe Village in Lixian County. "Last year, when we carried out an investigation of cultural relics in the northwest mountainous area of Lixian County, we learned about this tomb from the villagers, and immediately started to protect it. In February of this year, the institute sent experts to excavate the ancient tomb with us," said Zhou Hua with the county's archaeological research and cultural relics protection center. There are two burial chambers, the tops of which are arched. Murals featuring flowers were found in the tomb and 16 characters of auspicious words were discovered i

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CHINA-HUNAN-LIXIAN-MURAL TOMB

(230308) -- LIXIAN, March 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 25, 2023 shows a joint burial tomb dating back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in Lixian County, central China's Hunan Province. TO GO WITH "Ming Dynasty mural tomb found in central China's Hunan" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-HUNAN-ARCHEOLOGY-DISCOVERY (CN)

(220111) -- CHANGSHA, Jan. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Undated photo shows a large-scale platform foundation found in the Sunjiagang site in Lixian County, central China's Hunan Province. Archaeologists have recently discovered new potteries and stone artifacts from a site dating back between 3,800 to 4,200 years in central China's Hunan Province, said the provincial cultural relics and archaeology research institute.TO GO WITH "Prehistoric relics unearthed in China's Hunan" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-HUNAN-ARCHEOLOGY-DISCOVERY (CN)

(220111) -- CHANGSHA, Jan. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Undated photo shows a piece of pottery found in the Sunjiagang site in Lixian County, central China's Hunan Province. Archaeologists have recently discovered new potteries and stone artifacts from a site dating back between 3,800 to 4,200 years in central China's Hunan Province, said the provincial cultural relics and archaeology research institute.TO GO WITH "Prehistoric relics unearthed in China's Hunan" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-HUNAN-ARCHEOLOGY-DISCOVERY (CN)

(220111) -- CHANGSHA, Jan. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Undated photo shows stone artifacts found in the Sunjiagang site in Lixian County, central China's Hunan Province. Archaeologists have recently discovered new potteries and stone artifacts from a site dating back between 3,800 to 4,200 years in central China's Hunan Province, said the provincial cultural relics and archaeology research institute.TO GO WITH "Prehistoric relics unearthed in China's Hunan" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-HUNAN-ARCHEOLOGY-DISCOVERY (CN)

(220111) -- CHANGSHA, Jan. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Undated photo shows a stone artifact found in the Sunjiagang site in Lixian County, central China's Hunan Province. Archaeologists have recently discovered new potteries and stone artifacts from a site dating back between 3,800 to 4,200 years in central China's Hunan Province, said the provincial cultural relics and archaeology research institute.TO GO WITH "Prehistoric relics unearthed in China's Hunan" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-HUNAN-ARCHEOLOGY-DISCOVERY (CN)

(220111) -- CHANGSHA, Jan. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Undated photo shows a piece of pottery found in the Sunjiagang site in Lixian County, central China's Hunan Province. Archaeologists have recently discovered new potteries and stone artifacts from a site dating back between 3,800 to 4,200 years in central China's Hunan Province, said the provincial cultural relics and archaeology research institute.TO GO WITH "Prehistoric relics unearthed in China's Hunan" (Xinhua)