states: [china]
category: cultural
year: 2019
location: Liangzhu, Zhejiang Province
region: Asia and the Pacific
latitude/longitude: 30.3955555556, 119.9908333333
visited: 2023
The Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City, a UNESCO World Heritage site in China, recognized in 2019, are a 5,300-year-old urban settlement in Zhejiang Province, showcasing the Neolithic Liangzhu culture (3300-2300 BCE). Featuring a sophisticated city layout with moats, walls, a palace, and intricate jade artifacts, it reflects early state formation and advanced hydraulic engineering in East Asia. This well-preserved site offers a rare glimpse into China’s ancient urban civilization, highlighting its cultural and technological achievements from a vanished prehistoric era.
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