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Tibetan medical book added to UNESCO list

Five versions of the Four Treatises, an ancient medical book on traditional Tibetan medicine, have been inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register at a recent meeting held in Paris, the Hospital of Tibetan Medicine of Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region announced on Thursday. Compiled from the 8th to the 12th centuries, the Four Treatises is the most fundamental classic of traditional Tibetan medicine and has played an essential role in the dissemination and development of traditional Tibetan medicine. Five versions of the ancient book were inscribed on the list, including four xylograph versions and one gold-ink manuscript version.

Ancient tombs found in Northeast China

A cluster of ancient tombs dating back to the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220) has been discovered in Linghai city in Northeast China's Liaoning province, according to archaeologists. The excavation was launched by the Liaoning provincial institute of cultural relics and archaeology in March. Su Junqiang, a researcher with the institute, said that the eight tombs are of brick-chamber structure. Over a hundred pieces of burial objects, including pots, urns, plates and models of cooking stoves and wells have been unearthed. In one of the tombs archaeologists found a coffin with a human skeleton inside, Su said. The structure of the tombs and their burial objects are distinctive features of artifacts from the Eastern Han Dynasty, Su added. These new discoveries and some previous archaeological findings suggest that the area of today's Linghai was under the effective jurisdiction of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which had its capital in the central plains of China, Su said. A kiln site dating back to the Liao and Jin dynasties (907-1234) was also excavated.

Shanxi freight train sets off to Central Asia

A freight train carrying auto parts and manufacturing machinery left the city of Houma in North China's Shanxi province on Wednesday, en route to Central Asia. The train will complete a journey of approximately 8,000 kilometers, leaving China via the Horgos Port in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, passing through Central Asian countries such as Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, and finally reaching its destination nearly 15 days after its departure. The train is loaded with 1,669 metric tons of cargo consisting of automobile windscreens, hydraulic hoses and building materials, among other goods. Since 2017, Shanxi has launched 10 China-Europe freight train routes and handled 683 China-Europe and China-Central Asia trains, linking 33 cities from 13 countries along the Belt and Road.

Xinhua