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Lai Ding, cooking vessels, Western Zhou Dynasty, unearthed at Yangjiacun, Meixian, Shaanxi. Ding was viewed as a symbol of authority and status.

For example, an important Zhou Dynasty custom is to distinguish social status through the use of ding cauldrons and gui — bronze vessels for cooking and serving food, respectively.

Chinese archaeologists have recently discovered eight tombs dating back to the Zhou Dynasty (1046BC-256BC) at a ruins site in Northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, a region rich in cultural relics ...

On February 27, 2025, Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Zhou Ding gave a lecture to the faculty and students of Zimbabwe National Defence University (ZNDU) on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and China ...

That’s because archaeologists recently discovered the Great Wall’s oldest section in Shandong Province, pushing back its timeline 300 years into the late Western Zhou Dynasty, which lasted ...

A newly uncovered section of the Great Wall of China in the late Western Zhou Dynasty, dating back nearly 3,000 years, suggests the structure's origins are three centuries older than previously ...