Xi'an Banpo Museum (Shaanxi Nature and Culture Tour Series)

Author: Wang Yingjuan
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Publish Date: 2003-11-01
Features: The ancient and ever-flowing Yellow River, like a mother's milk, nourishes the vast and profound Loess Plateau. The land of Sanqin is left with the glorious footprints of the ancestors of the Chinese nation. Through the ages, the distant history has long been covered by the endless loess, and the bustling past has been submerged by the endless years. The excavation of the Banpo Site is the first large-scale exposure of a prehistoric settlement site in China's prehistoric archaeology, obtaining rich prehistoric archaeological materials, pioneering new fields in China's settlement archaeology and environmental archaeology research, filling a major gap in Chinese history during the Neolithic Age, and giving people a new understanding of the long-standing ancient Chinese civilization. The Banpo Museum in Xi'an is the first prehistoric site museum in China and even in Asia, playing a positive role in the development of China's site museums and adding new practical and research fields. Let us follow the author's description, step into that mysterious and distant era, get close to the hardworking and simple Banpo people, experience the rich and diverse material production, interpret the strange and fantastical spiritual world, and marvel at the hard-won inventions and creations.