Beijing Review – August 15, 2019

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THIS WEEK

platform for the country to integrate
into economic globalization.

Promoting TCM

China will hold the second tradition-
al Chinese medicine (TCM) expo in
the northwestern province of Gansu,
the National Health Commission
said on August 2.
The 2019 Traditional Chinese
Medicine Industry Expo, scheduled
for August 22-24, in Longxi County,
will include events such as forums
and trade fairs.
Topics like the TCM industry’s
role in poverty alleviation and
the promotion of TCM in Belt and
Road participating countries will be
discussed at the forums.
Last year’s expo attracted more
than 3,000 guests from international
organizations, provincial delegations
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Decoding History

Two ancient couple graves belong-
ing to the nobility of the Zeng State
have been unearthed in central
China’s Hubei Province, according
to the National Cultural Heritage
Administration.
The provincial archaeology
institute said on August 7, the two
graves were located in the Zaoshulin
Graveyard in the city of Suizhou, dat-
ing back to the middle of the Spring
and Autumn Period (770-476 B.C.)
So far, a total of 54 graves and
three horse pits have been unearthed

The park has an area of 27,

square km and spans over three

provinces of Sichuan, Gansu and

Shaanxi, with about 74 percent of the

area in Sichuan.

The Sichuan provincial forestry

and grassland administration said it

is carrying out surveys and zoning

projects to mark the border of the

park. Roughly 1,200 wild giant

pandas now live in the park’s area in

Sichuan.

The Giant Panda National Park

Administration was established in

Sichuan in October, with branches

set up at city levels.

“The park will help us carry out

systematic conservation work and

repair damaged areas. It will also

help us tackle challenges in the

reproduction of wild pandas,” said

Bao Jianhua, Deputy Director of

the Sichuan provincial forestry and

grassland administration.

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since the excavation was launched in

October.

More than 1,000 bronzeware

pieces, many of which have inscrip-

tions, have been discovered in the

graveyard, said Guo Changjiang,

an associate researcher with the

institute.

Archaeologists found that the

two couple graves had been raided

before, but bronze ritual and musical

instruments have been excavated

from the graves.

“A set of chimes were found in a

grave which belonged to a woman.

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in Hubei. The instruments showed

the high social class of the grave

owner, and inscriptions noted that

the woman was from the Chu State,”

said Guo.

Fang Qin, Director of the

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important to study the history of the

Zeng State.

So far, 13 people belonging

to its upper social class, and 21

emperors of the Zeng State have

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archaeological activities in Hubei.

Park for Pandas

Institutional infrastructure for the

creation of a national park for giant

pandas in a bid to better protect the

endangered species has been put in

place and preparatory work for the

park has started in southwest China’s

Sichuan Province and surrounding

areas.

Welcoming Autumn

Children in Xiaopu Town, Changxing County of east China’s Zhejiang

Province, search and collect ginkgo leaves on August 6, to mark Liqiu

(Beginning of Autumn), one of the 24 Solar Terms in the Chinese lunar

calender, which fell on August 8 this year.

Hot Summer, Cool Fountain

Tourists take a photo beside a musical fountain at the architecture and

art square in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province,

on August 2.