BEIJING, July 10 (Xinhua) – Chinese ancient archaecological site Liangzhu rounded off its 25-year long course of applying for the World Heritage status with a successful inclusion by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee early in July.
Discovered originally in Liangzhu Town of Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, the ancient Chinese archaecological site thus gets its name as Liangzhu Site and proves the existance of Liangzhu Civiliation in the Taihu lake drainage areas in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, southern China about 5300-4300 years ago.
Liangzhu is a holy place testifying that China has a civilization history of more than 5,000 years. Its application for the UNESCO's World Heritage status was put on agenda as early as in 1994. In 2000, Zhejiang Province, home to the Liangzhu site, set up a working group to push forward the work.
Chen Tongbin, chief engineer of China Architechture Design & Research Group and consultant of Liangzhu's application for the UNESCO's World Heritage status, said the application is intended to better protect the Liangzhu achaecological ruins and tell the world the Liangzhu Civiliation.
The Liangzhu archaecological site includes the Liangzhu ancient city ruins, Yaoshan ruins and external hydrosystem outside the ancient city ruins in Liangzhu, covering an area of 114.1 square kilometers.
To better show the ancient ruins to the public, Liangzhu has adopted a series of means such as restoration, scientifical and technological demonstration, video displaying, small pieces show and signs and logos system show. (Edited by Duan Jing, duanjing@xinhua.org)
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