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Beijing Man Site

Zhoukoudian(周口店 Zhōukǒudiàn), 50 kilometers to the southwest of Beijing, is famous for discovering one of the origins of early man-Beijing man in a low hill called Dragon-Bone Mountain. And the site was declared an important National Cultural Protected Unit in 1961, and was listed as one of UNESCO's World Cultural Heritage Sites in 1987.

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Ancient Papermaking Tradition Preserved in China

Around 1800 years ago, during the Eastern Han Dynasty(25-220)of China, Cai Lun improved China's papermaking(造纸zàozhǐ) technique using bark and hemp. This then became one of the four great ancient inventions of China. Today, ancient papermaking has been replaced by modern means of production, but in some places in southwestern China's Guizhou Province, where many people of ethnic-minority groups live, this ancient technique is still practiced.

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Xinle Site Museum

In the northern part of the Huanggu District f Shenyang City, Liaoning Province there is a prehistoric culture museum called the Xinle Site Museum(新乐遗址博物馆 Xīnlè yízhǐ bówùguǎn). It is divided into northern and southern components: the southern has an exhibition hall for displaying cultural relics, while the northern is the actual archaeological site and is an important protected cultural property. The northern section covers an area of 22,500 square meters and preserves a large-scale primitive dwelling site by reproducing in open?air form ten dwellings from the Neolithic period, together with a simulated lifestyle of people living at that time.

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