CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-ANCIENT SLIPS-QIN DYNASTY (CN)

CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-ANCIENT SLIPS-QIN DYNASTY (CN)

(240419) -- CHANGSHA, April 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 12, 2024 shows a fractured slip unearthed from the Liye ancient town in Longshan County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hunan Province. TO GO WITH China Focus: Ancient slips mirror the rise and fall of Qin Dynasty (Xinhua/Zhang Yujie)

CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-ANCIENT SLIPS-QIN DYNASTY (CN)

CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-ANCIENT SLIPS-QIN DYNASTY (CN)

(240419) -- CHANGSHA, April 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Long Jingsha, an archaeologist and leader of the excavation at No. 1 well of Liye ancient town, looks at file photos of the excavation at the Liye Qin Slips Museum in Longshan County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hunan Province, April 8, 2024. TO GO WITH China Focus: Ancient slips mirror the rise and fall of Qin Dynasty (Xinhua/Zhai Xiang)

CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-ANCIENT SLIPS-QIN DYNASTY (CN)

CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-ANCIENT SLIPS-QIN DYNASTY (CN)

(240419) -- CHANGSHA, April 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 8, 2024 shows the No. 1 well where over 36,000 slips of the Qin Dynasty were unearthed in 2002, in Liye ancient town in Longshan County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hunan Province. TO GO WITH China Focus: Ancient slips mirror the rise and fall of Qin Dynasty (Xinhua/Zhai Xiang)

CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-ANCIENT SLIPS-QIN DYNASTY (CN)

CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-ANCIENT SLIPS-QIN DYNASTY (CN)

(240419) -- CHANGSHA, April 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Chunlong, a researcher at the Hunan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and one of the excavators of the Liye Qin Slips, studies a slip at the institute in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, April 12, 2024. TO GO WITH China Focus: Ancient slips mirror the rise and fall of Qin Dynasty (Xinhua/Zhang Yujie)

#CHINA-SPRING FESTIVAL-CELEBRATIONS (CN)

#CHINA-SPRING FESTIVAL-CELEBRATIONS (CN)

(240210) -- BEIJING, Feb. 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People watch a performance in Liye Town of Longshan County, central China's Hunan Province, Feb. 10, 2024. As the festive mood reached its peak, China on Saturday ringed in the Chinese Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival. Regarded as the most celebrated holiday among Chinese, it signifies a time of joyful family reunions and a slew of cultural events. (Photo by Yu Caihua/Xinhua)