China: Adorable Panda Tumbles to Ground After Slipping Off Rope Ladder

Adorable video captured a male panda in Chongqing, China, on October 11, 2025, tumbling to the ground after it slipped through a gap while climbing across a wooden rope ladder.

Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Bamboo Slips - Wuhan

Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Bamboo Slips - Wuhan

People visit the exhibition "Ancient Chinese Bamboo and Wooden Slips" at the Hubei Provincial Museum in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 28, 2025. Featuring 230 pieces (sets) of bamboo and wooden slips from multiple historical periods, the exhibition opened here on Tuesday. Bamboo and wooden slips, each containing a narrow vertical column of dozens of characters, can be classified as China's earliest form of books. They used to be the most important objects to write on before paper was invented. Photo by Xiao Yijiu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Bamboo Slips - Wuhan

Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Bamboo Slips - Wuhan

People visit the exhibition "Ancient Chinese Bamboo and Wooden Slips" at the Hubei Provincial Museum in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 28, 2025. Featuring 230 pieces (sets) of bamboo and wooden slips from multiple historical periods, the exhibition opened here on Tuesday. Bamboo and wooden slips, each containing a narrow vertical column of dozens of characters, can be classified as China's earliest form of books. They used to be the most important objects to write on before paper was invented. Photo by Xiao Yijiu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Bamboo Slips - Wuhan

Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Bamboo Slips - Wuhan

A man visits the exhibition "Ancient Chinese Bamboo and Wooden Slips" at the Hubei Provincial Museum in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 28, 2025. Featuring 230 pieces (sets) of bamboo and wooden slips from multiple historical periods, the exhibition opened here on Tuesday. Bamboo and wooden slips, each containing a narrow vertical column of dozens of characters, can be classified as China's earliest form of books. They used to be the most important objects to write on before paper was invented. Photo by Xiao Yijiu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Bamboo Slips - Wuhan

Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Bamboo Slips - Wuhan

This photo taken on Oct. 28, 2025 shows a set of bamboo slips on display during the exhibition "Ancient Chinese Bamboo and Wooden Slips" at the Hubei Provincial Museum in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. Featuring 230 pieces (sets) of bamboo and wooden slips from multiple historical periods, the exhibition opened here on Tuesday. Bamboo and wooden slips, each containing a narrow vertical column of dozens of characters, can be classified as China's earliest form of books. They used to be the most important objects to write on before paper was invented. Photo by Xiao Yijiu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Bamboo Slips - Wuhan

Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Bamboo Slips - Wuhan

This photo taken on Oct. 28, 2025 shows a set of bamboo slips on display during the exhibition "Ancient Chinese Bamboo and Wooden Slips" at the Hubei Provincial Museum in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. Featuring 230 pieces (sets) of bamboo and wooden slips from multiple historical periods, the exhibition opened here on Tuesday. Bamboo and wooden slips, each containing a narrow vertical column of dozens of characters, can be classified as China's earliest form of books. They used to be the most important objects to write on before paper was invented. Photo by Xiao Yijiu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Bamboo Slips - Wuhan

Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Bamboo Slips - Wuhan

This photo taken on Oct. 28, 2025 shows a set of bamboo slips on display during the exhibition "Ancient Chinese Bamboo and Wooden Slips" at the Hubei Provincial Museum in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. Featuring 230 pieces (sets) of bamboo and wooden slips from multiple historical periods, the exhibition opened here on Tuesday. Bamboo and wooden slips, each containing a narrow vertical column of dozens of characters, can be classified as China's earliest form of books. They used to be the most important objects to write on before paper was invented. Photo by Xiao Yijiu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Bamboo Slips - Wuhan

Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Bamboo Slips - Wuhan

People visit the exhibition "Ancient Chinese Bamboo and Wooden Slips" at the Hubei Provincial Museum in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 28, 2025. Featuring 230 pieces (sets) of bamboo and wooden slips from multiple historical periods, the exhibition opened here on Tuesday. Bamboo and wooden slips, each containing a narrow vertical column of dozens of characters, can be classified as China's earliest form of books. They used to be the most important objects to write on before paper was invented. Photo by Xiao Yijiu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Bamboo Slips - Wuhan

Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Bamboo Slips - Wuhan

This photo taken on Oct. 28, 2025 shows the exhibition "Ancient Chinese Bamboo and Wooden Slips" at the Hubei Provincial Museum in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. Featuring 230 pieces (sets) of bamboo and wooden slips from multiple historical periods, the exhibition opened here on Tuesday. Bamboo and wooden slips, each containing a narrow vertical column of dozens of characters, can be classified as China's earliest form of books. They used to be the most important objects to write on before paper was invented. Photo by Xiao Yijiu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Bamboo Slips - Wuhan

Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Bamboo Slips - Wuhan

People visit the exhibition "Ancient Chinese Bamboo and Wooden Slips" at the Hubei Provincial Museum in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 28, 2025. Featuring 230 pieces (sets) of bamboo and wooden slips from multiple historical periods, the exhibition opened here on Tuesday. Bamboo and wooden slips, each containing a narrow vertical column of dozens of characters, can be classified as China's earliest form of books. They used to be the most important objects to write on before paper was invented. Photo by Xiao Yijiu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

China: Corgi Fails to Jump Ditch, Slips to Bottom

A funny video from Sichuan, China, captured the moment a small corgi failed a jump across a ditch on October 2, 2025. The corgi failed to grip the other side because of its short legs and heavy body, and slipped straight to the bottom.

Dollar slips into 140 yen range in Tokyo

Dollar slips into 140 yen range in Tokyo

Monitors at a currency trading company in Tokyo show the U.S. dollar sinking to a seven-month low in the upper 140 yen range on the morning of April 21, 2025.

Japan: Deer Slips And Falls On Snowy Road Amid Severe Cold Wave In Hokkaido

In Hokkaido, which has been hit by a severe cold wave in recent days, a video captured the moment when one of two deer running on snow-covered roads slipped and fell. The deer that fell quickly got back up and chased after the other, determined not to be left behind. The video was filmed on Tuesday, February 4 in Noboribetsu City, located in the central-western part of Hokkaido.

US: Labrador Puppy Slips On Icy Stairs As Major Winter Storm Hits Kansas

A major winter storm swept into the U.S. central plains on Saturday, January 4, causing icy streets and multiple crashes in Kansas. This video shows a Labrador puppy slipping down icy outdoor stairs in Lawrence.

Nouméa - Preparations for the European elections

Nouméa - Preparations for the European elections

Preparations for the European elections here at the Nouméa town hall with the reception of ballot boxes and voting slips in Noumea, New Caledonia on June 2, 2024. Photo by Gill Chabaud / ABACAPRESS.COM

Nouméa - Preparations for the European elections

Nouméa - Preparations for the European elections

Preparations for the European elections here at the Nouméa town hall with the reception of ballot boxes and voting slips in Noumea, New Caledonia on June 2, 2024. Photo by Gill Chabaud / ABACAPRESS.COM

Nouméa - Preparations for the European elections

Nouméa - Preparations for the European elections

Preparations for the European elections here at the Nouméa town hall with the reception of ballot boxes and voting slips in Noumea, New Caledonia on June 2, 2024. Photo by Gill Chabaud / ABACAPRESS.COM

Nouméa - Preparations for the European elections

Nouméa - Preparations for the European elections

Preparations for the European elections here at the Nouméa town hall with the reception of ballot boxes and voting slips in Noumea, New Caledonia on June 2, 2024. Photo by Gill Chabaud / ABACAPRESS.COM

Nouméa - Preparations for the European elections

Nouméa - Preparations for the European elections

Preparations for the European elections here at the Nouméa town hall with the reception of ballot boxes and voting slips in Noumea, New Caledonia on June 2, 2024. Photo by Gill Chabaud / ABACAPRESS.COM

Nouméa - Preparations for the European elections

Nouméa - Preparations for the European elections

Preparations for the European elections here at the Nouméa town hall with the reception of ballot boxes and voting slips in Noumea, New Caledonia on June 2, 2024. Photo by Gill Chabaud / ABACAPRESS.COM

Nouméa - Preparations for the European elections

Nouméa - Preparations for the European elections

Preparations for the European elections here at the Nouméa town hall with the reception of ballot boxes and voting slips in Noumea, New Caledonia on June 2, 2024. Photo by Gill Chabaud / ABACAPRESS.COM

Nouméa - Preparations for the European elections

Nouméa - Preparations for the European elections

Preparations for the European elections here at the Nouméa town hall with the reception of ballot boxes and voting slips in Noumea, New Caledonia on June 2, 2024. Photo by Gill Chabaud / ABACAPRESS.COM

(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-MT. QOMOLANGMA-TOURISM SEASON (CN)

(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-MT. QOMOLANGMA-TOURISM SEASON (CN)

(240526) -- LHASA, May 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Natalia Yanina, a tourist from Russia, slips a postcard into a mailbox at the Mount Qomolangma base camp for tourists in Zhaxizom Township of Tingri County in Xigaze City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, May 24, 2024. The Mount Qomolangma National Park has entered peak tourism season. In 2023, the scenic spot had received about 464,000 tourists, and saw its ticket revenue totaling 110 million yuan (about 15.2 million U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-MT. QOMOLANGMA-TOURISM SEASON (CN)

(InXizang)CHINA-XIZANG-MT. QOMOLANGMA-TOURISM SEASON (CN)

(240526) -- LHASA, May 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Natalia Yanina, a tourist from Russia, slips a postcard into a mailbox at the Mount Qomolangma base camp for tourists in Zhaxizom Township of Tingri County in Xigaze City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, May 24, 2024. The Mount Qomolangma National Park has entered peak tourism season. In 2023, the scenic spot had received about 464,000 tourists, and saw its ticket revenue totaling 110 million yuan (about 15.2 million U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-BAMBOO SLIPS-EXHIBITION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-BAMBOO SLIPS-EXHIBITION (CN)

(240430) -- WUHAN, April 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People visit an exhibition of bamboo slips discovered at the tomb of a local official back in the Qin Dynasty (221 BC-207 BC), at the Hubei provincial museum in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, on April 30, 2024. An exhibition of bamboo slips discovered at the tomb of a local official back in the Qin Dynasty (221 BC-207 BC) kicked off here on Tuesday. The official is believed to have diligently recorded documents on over 1,100 bamboo slips that formed one of China's earliest encyclopedias. The official, aged 45 to 50 upon his death, was owner of bamboo slips with over 40,000-characters preserved in his tomb. The bone remains and bamboo slips were all first unearthed in 1975 at a tomb site in Shuihudi, Yunmeng County of Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-BAMBOO SLIPS-EXHIBITION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-BAMBOO SLIPS-EXHIBITION (CN)

(240430) -- WUHAN, April 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 30, 2024 shows bamboo slips of a family letter at an exhibition of bamboo slips discovered at the tomb of a local official back in the Qin Dynasty (221 BC-207 BC), at the Hubei provincial museum in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, on April 30, 2024. An exhibition of bamboo slips discovered at the tomb of a local official back in the Qin Dynasty (221 BC-207 BC) kicked off here on Tuesday. The official is believed to have diligently recorded documents on over 1,100 bamboo slips that formed one of China's earliest encyclopedias. The official, aged 45 to 50 upon his death, was owner of bamboo slips with over 40,000-characters preserved in his tomb. The bone remains and bamboo slips were all first unearthed in 1975 at a tomb site in Shuihudi, Yunmeng County of Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-BAMBOO SLIPS-EXHIBITION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-BAMBOO SLIPS-EXHIBITION (CN)

(240430) -- WUHAN, April 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 30, 2024 shows the reconstructed statue of an ancient local official back in the Qin Dynasty (221 BC-207 BC) during an exhibition of bamboo slips discovered at the official's tomb, at the Hubei provincial museum in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. An exhibition of bamboo slips discovered at the tomb of a local official back in the Qin Dynasty (221 BC-207 BC) kicked off here on Tuesday. The official is believed to have diligently recorded documents on over 1,100 bamboo slips that formed one of China's earliest encyclopedias. The official, aged 45 to 50 upon his death, was owner of bamboo slips with over 40,000-characters preserved in his tomb. The bone remains and bamboo slips were all first unearthed in 1975 at a tomb site in Shuihudi, Yunmeng County of Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-BAMBOO SLIPS-EXHIBITION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-BAMBOO SLIPS-EXHIBITION (CN)

(240430) -- WUHAN, April 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People visit an exhibition of bamboo slips discovered at the tomb of a local official back in the Qin Dynasty (221 BC-207 BC), at the Hubei provincial museum in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, on April 30, 2024. An exhibition of bamboo slips discovered at the tomb of a local official back in the Qin Dynasty (221 BC-207 BC) kicked off here on Tuesday. The official is believed to have diligently recorded documents on over 1,100 bamboo slips that formed one of China's earliest encyclopedias. The official, aged 45 to 50 upon his death, was owner of bamboo slips with over 40,000-characters preserved in his tomb. The bone remains and bamboo slips were all first unearthed in 1975 at a tomb site in Shuihudi, Yunmeng County of Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-BAMBOO SLIPS-EXHIBITION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-BAMBOO SLIPS-EXHIBITION (CN)

(240430) -- WUHAN, April 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People visit an exhibition of bamboo slips discovered at the tomb of a local official back in the Qin Dynasty (221 BC-207 BC), at the Hubei provincial museum in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, on April 30, 2024. An exhibition of bamboo slips discovered at the tomb of a local official back in the Qin Dynasty (221 BC-207 BC) kicked off here on Tuesday. The official is believed to have diligently recorded documents on over 1,100 bamboo slips that formed one of China's earliest encyclopedias. The official, aged 45 to 50 upon his death, was owner of bamboo slips with over 40,000-characters preserved in his tomb. The bone remains and bamboo slips were all first unearthed in 1975 at a tomb site in Shuihudi, Yunmeng County of Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-BAMBOO SLIPS-EXHIBITION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-BAMBOO SLIPS-EXHIBITION (CN)

(240430) -- WUHAN, April 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 30, 2024 shows bamboo slips at an exhibition of bamboo slips discovered at the tomb of a local official back in the Qin Dynasty (221 BC-207 BC), at the Hubei provincial museum in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, on April 30, 2024. An exhibition of bamboo slips discovered at the tomb of a local official back in the Qin Dynasty (221 BC-207 BC) kicked off here on Tuesday. The official is believed to have diligently recorded documents on over 1,100 bamboo slips that formed one of China's earliest encyclopedias. The official, aged 45 to 50 upon his death, was owner of bamboo slips with over 40,000-characters preserved in his tomb. The bone remains and bamboo slips were all first unearthed in 1975 at a tomb site in Shuihudi, Yunmeng County of Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-BAMBOO SLIPS-EXHIBITION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-BAMBOO SLIPS-EXHIBITION (CN)

(240430) -- WUHAN, April 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People visit an exhibition of bamboo slips discovered at the tomb of a local official back in the Qin Dynasty (221 BC-207 BC), at the Hubei provincial museum in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, on April 30, 2024. An exhibition of bamboo slips discovered at the tomb of a local official back in the Qin Dynasty (221 BC-207 BC) kicked off here on Tuesday. The official is believed to have diligently recorded documents on over 1,100 bamboo slips that formed one of China's earliest encyclopedias. The official, aged 45 to 50 upon his death, was owner of bamboo slips with over 40,000-characters preserved in his tomb. The bone remains and bamboo slips were all first unearthed in 1975 at a tomb site in Shuihudi, Yunmeng County of Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-BAMBOO SLIPS-EXHIBITION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-BAMBOO SLIPS-EXHIBITION (CN)

(240430) -- WUHAN, April 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People visit an exhibition of bamboo slips discovered at the tomb of a local official back in the Qin Dynasty (221 BC-207 BC), at the Hubei provincial museum in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, on April 30, 2024. An exhibition of bamboo slips discovered at the tomb of a local official back in the Qin Dynasty (221 BC-207 BC) kicked off here on Tuesday. The official is believed to have diligently recorded documents on over 1,100 bamboo slips that formed one of China's earliest encyclopedias. The official, aged 45 to 50 upon his death, was owner of bamboo slips with over 40,000-characters preserved in his tomb. The bone remains and bamboo slips were all first unearthed in 1975 at a tomb site in Shuihudi, Yunmeng County of Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-BAMBOO SLIPS-EXHIBITION (CN)

CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-BAMBOO SLIPS-EXHIBITION (CN)

(240430) -- WUHAN, April 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A visitor views the reconstructed statue of an ancient local official back in the Qin Dynasty (221 BC-207 BC) during an exhibition of bamboo slips discovered at the official's tomb, at the Hubei provincial museum in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, on April 30, 2024. An exhibition of bamboo slips discovered at the tomb of a local official back in the Qin Dynasty (221 BC-207 BC) kicked off here on Tuesday. The official is believed to have diligently recorded documents on over 1,100 bamboo slips that formed one of China's earliest encyclopedias. The official, aged 45 to 50 upon his death, was owner of bamboo slips with over 40,000-characters preserved in his tomb. The bone remains and bamboo slips were all first unearthed in 1975 at a tomb site in Shuihudi, Yunmeng County of Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

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)

ISU World Figure Skating Championships - Montreal

ISU World Figure Skating Championships - Montreal

Vanessa Selemekova from Slovakia slips as she performs her short program in the women's competition at the 2024 ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Montreal, PQ, Canada, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Photo by Graham Hughes/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

China: Woman Slips On Icy Slope After Freezing Rain In Huanggang, Hubei

On February 24, 2024, in Huanggang, Hubei, following freezing rain, the road became unusually slippery. A woman attempted to ascend a slope but nearly slipped and fell due to the slick surface. She firmly grasped the ground, stabilizing herself, and cautiously moved upward step by step. However, despite her efforts, she ended up slipping at the bottom of the slope due to the slippery ground.

Extreme Cold Hits Calgary - Canada

Extreme Cold Hits Calgary - Canada

A firefighter slips on frozen water from a water line break as freezing temperatures as low as -38 celsius have hit the city of Calgary, Alta., Canada, Monday, January 15, 2024. Photo by Todd Korol/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

CHINA-HUNAN-ANCIENT WOODEN SLIPS-FINDING(CN)

CHINA-HUNAN-ANCIENT WOODEN SLIPS-FINDING(CN)

(231222) -- CHANGSHA, Dec. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This undated photo provided by the Hunan provincial institute of cultural relics and archaeology shows the excavation area of the ruins of the ancient Dutou city in central China's Hunan Province. TO GO WITH "Wooden slips dating back over 1,700 years unearthed in central China" (Xinhua)

CHINA-HUNAN-ANCIENT WOODEN SLIPS-FINDING(CN)

CHINA-HUNAN-ANCIENT WOODEN SLIPS-FINDING(CN)

(231222) -- CHANGSHA, Dec. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This undated photo provided by the Hunan provincial institute of cultural relics and archaeology shows an ancient well, where more than 2,000 wooden slips were unearthed, at the ruins of the ancient Dutou city in central China's Hunan Province. TO GO WITH "Wooden slips dating back over 1,700 years unearthed in central China" (Xinhua)

CHINA-HUNAN-ANCIENT WOODEN SLIPS-FINDING(CN)

CHINA-HUNAN-ANCIENT WOODEN SLIPS-FINDING(CN)

(231222) -- CHANGSHA, Dec. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This undated photo provided by the Hunan provincial institute of cultural relics and archaeology shows wooden slips unearthed from the ruins of the ancient Dutou city in central China's Hunan Province. TO GO WITH "Wooden slips dating back over 1,700 years unearthed in central China" (Xinhua)

XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(231130) -- BEIJING, Nov. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member of the Gansu Jiandu Museum arranges self-made works of "Jiandu" in Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu Province, Oct. 25, 2023. "Jiandu" are the bamboo and wooden slips on which ancient Chinese people wrote using ink and brushes before the invention of paper. The Gansu Jiandu Museum is China's only provincial-level museum focusing on bamboo and wooden slips. It has a collection of nearly 40,000 such slips dating back to the Qin Dynasty (221-207 B.C.) and Western Jin Dynasty (265-317), and it also houses more than 10,000 other artifacts, including paper, textiles, woodenware, lacquerware and ironware. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

CHINA-GANSU-BAMBOO AND WOODEN SLIPS-MUSEUM (CN)

CHINA-GANSU-BAMBOO AND WOODEN SLIPS-MUSEUM (CN)

(231129) -- LANZHOU, Nov. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People visit the Gansu Jiandu Museum in Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu Province, Oct. 25, 2023. "Jiandu" are the bamboo and wooden slips on which ancient Chinese people wrote using ink and brushes before the invention of paper. The Gansu Jiandu Museum is China's only provincial-level museum focusing on bamboo and wooden slips. It has a collection of nearly 40,000 such slips dating back to the Qin Dynasty (221-207 B.C.) and Western Jin Dynasty (265-317), and it also houses more than 10,000 other artifacts, including paper, textiles, woodenware, lacquerware and ironware. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

CHINA-GANSU-BAMBOO AND WOODEN SLIPS-MUSEUM (CN)

CHINA-GANSU-BAMBOO AND WOODEN SLIPS-MUSEUM (CN)

(231129) -- LANZHOU, Nov. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member of the Gansu Jiandu Museum arranges self-made works of "Jiandu" in Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu Province, Oct. 25, 2023. "Jiandu" are the bamboo and wooden slips on which ancient Chinese people wrote using ink and brushes before the invention of paper. The Gansu Jiandu Museum is China's only provincial-level museum focusing on bamboo and wooden slips. It has a collection of nearly 40,000 such slips dating back to the Qin Dynasty (221-207 B.C.) and Western Jin Dynasty (265-317), and it also houses more than 10,000 other artifacts, including paper, textiles, woodenware, lacquerware and ironware. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

CHINA-GANSU-BAMBOO AND WOODEN SLIPS-MUSEUM (CN)

CHINA-GANSU-BAMBOO AND WOODEN SLIPS-MUSEUM (CN)

(231129) -- LANZHOU, Nov. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People visit the Gansu Jiandu Museum in Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu Province, Oct. 25, 2023. "Jiandu" are the bamboo and wooden slips on which ancient Chinese people wrote using ink and brushes before the invention of paper. The Gansu Jiandu Museum is China's only provincial-level museum focusing on bamboo and wooden slips. It has a collection of nearly 40,000 such slips dating back to the Qin Dynasty (221-207 B.C.) and Western Jin Dynasty (265-317), and it also houses more than 10,000 other artifacts, including paper, textiles, woodenware, lacquerware and ironware. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

CHINA-GANSU-BAMBOO AND WOODEN SLIPS-MUSEUM (CN)

CHINA-GANSU-BAMBOO AND WOODEN SLIPS-MUSEUM (CN)

(231129) -- LANZHOU, Nov. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Xiao Congli (1st R), research director of the Gansu Jiandu Museum, talks with colleagues about digitalization of "Jiandu" in Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu Province, Oct. 25, 2023. "Jiandu" are the bamboo and wooden slips on which ancient Chinese people wrote using ink and brushes before the invention of paper. The Gansu Jiandu Museum is China's only provincial-level museum focusing on bamboo and wooden slips. It has a collection of nearly 40,000 such slips dating back to the Qin Dynasty (221-207 B.C.) and Western Jin Dynasty (265-317), and it also houses more than 10,000 other artifacts, including paper, textiles, woodenware, lacquerware and ironware. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

CHINA-GANSU-BAMBOO AND WOODEN SLIPS-MUSEUM (CN)

CHINA-GANSU-BAMBOO AND WOODEN SLIPS-MUSEUM (CN)

(231129) -- LANZHOU, Nov. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member of the Gansu Jiandu Museum arranges a work of "Jiandu" in Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu Province, Oct. 26, 2023. "Jiandu" are the bamboo and wooden slips on which ancient Chinese people wrote using ink and brushes before the invention of paper. The Gansu Jiandu Museum is China's only provincial-level museum focusing on bamboo and wooden slips. It has a collection of nearly 40,000 such slips dating back to the Qin Dynasty (221-207 B.C.) and Western Jin Dynasty (265-317), and it also houses more than 10,000 other artifacts, including paper, textiles, woodenware, lacquerware and ironware. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

CHINA-GANSU-BAMBOO AND WOODEN SLIPS-MUSEUM (CN)

CHINA-GANSU-BAMBOO AND WOODEN SLIPS-MUSEUM (CN)

(231129) -- LANZHOU, Nov. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff member Yang Sheng (R) registers the information of "Jiandu" with her colleague Chang Xiaoli at the Gansu Jiandu Museum in Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu Province, Oct. 26, 2023. "Jiandu" are the bamboo and wooden slips on which ancient Chinese people wrote using ink and brushes before the invention of paper. The Gansu Jiandu Museum is China's only provincial-level museum focusing on bamboo and wooden slips. It has a collection of nearly 40,000 such slips dating back to the Qin Dynasty (221-207 B.C.) and Western Jin Dynasty (265-317), and it also houses more than 10,000 other artifacts, including paper, textiles, woodenware, lacquerware and ironware. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)