Archaeological discovery shows Chinese courtyard over 4,000 years ago

STORY: Archaeological discovery shows Chinese courtyard over 4,000 years ago DATELINE: Oct. 31, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: YAN'AN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Lushanmao Site, Yan'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): DU LINYUAN, Head of Department of History, Yan'an University STORYLINE: An archaeological discovery at Lushanmao Site, Yan'an City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, has unveiled the Chinese courtyard layout more than 4,000 years ago. The courtyard-style "palace city" discovered by Chinese archaeologists shows the same traditional courtyard-style architecture in northern China. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): DU LINYUAN, Head of Department of History, Yan'an University "The quadrangle buildings here have a symmetrical layout along the central axis in late imperial China. The main rooms are in the middle, with symmetrical wing rooms on both sides, left and right. There are five to six wing rooms on each side and three main rooms in the middle. Each

Exploring Lushanmao site of Neolithic Age in Yan'an, China

STORY: Exploring Lushanmao site of Neolithic Age in Yan'an, China DATELINE: July 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:46 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Lushanmao Site STORYLINE: Lushanmao Site, in Baota District of Yan'an City in northeast China's Shaanxi Province, was discovered in 2018. Archaeological findings show that the history of Yan'an can be traced back 4,500 years, 2,300 years earlier than the previous estimate. Archaeologists have discovered housing and cooking sites and city walls at the site. A large number of cultural items including pottery, stoneware, boneware and jadeware have been unearthed. The site, covering an area of two million square meters, is one of the largest prehistoric settlement sites in China. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Xi'an, China. (XHTV)