This book serves as a sacred site that empirically attests to the 5,000-year-long history of Chinese civilization. It represents an earthen construction-based civilization, a water conservancy-oriented civilization, and a rice cultivation-centered civilization. Moreover, its highly developed jade system is unparalleled. In addition, it holds a crucial position in the history of the development of China's ancient capitals.This book delves into the discovery history, layout and functional zoning, construction techniques and engineering, archaeological progress, and the relationship between Liangzhu civilization and Chinese civilization at large. By doing so, it unveils the profound connotations and far-reaching impacts of Liangzhu civilization.
This unique book offers a timely and insightful look into China's present energy situation and the emerging challenges of balancing energy supply and demand over the forthcoming decades. It presents a holistic analysis of the growing pressures on the energy system as a result of the country's dynamic socio-economic progress.The volume considers current hot topics and will be useful as a reference for those aspiring to understand more about what is happening in China's energy sector today.
Five thousand years ago, an ancient civilisation rose up in eastern China, on the flood plains of the Yangtze River delta. Until recently, its history was shrouded in mystery. Who were the Liangzhu people, and how did they live? In this beautifully illustrated book, archaeologists reveal their discoveries.