Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City World Heritage Site

Official name

Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City | UNESCO

Country

China | Map

Continent

Asia

Location

30.3955° Lat, 119.9908° Lon | Map

Code

1592

Time Zone

Asia/Shanghai (CST, +0800)

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Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 2019. Located in the Yangtze River Basin on the south-eastern coast of the country, the archaeological ruins of Liangzhu (about 3,300-2,300 BCE) reveal an early regional state with a unified belief system based on rice cultivation in Late Neolithic China. The property is composed of four areas – the Area of Yaoshan Site, the Area of High-dam at the Mouth of the Valley, the Area of Low-dam on the Plain and the Area of City Site. These ruins are an outstanding example of early urban civilization expressed in earthen monuments, urban planning, a water conservation system and a social hierarchy expressed in differentiated burials in cemeteries within the property.