China: Archaeological site featuring ancient Gumie Kingdom opens to public.

Shotlist Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province, east China - Recent 1. Various of interior of museum; relics on display 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zhang Sen, director, Western Zhejiang Archaeological Workstation, Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology (ending with shot 3): "As you can see, there were all sorts of eating and drinking utensils back then, which are basically the same as our lives now. Considering the level of productivity at that time, this was already a very highly developed state." 3. Various of relics on display 4. Various of jade jue, buttons 5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zhang Sen, director, Western Zhejiang Archaeological Workstation, Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology (starting with shot 4/ending with shot 6): "Looking at the back, it appears to be a button, which was actually found outside of our group of jade jue (slit rings) when unearthed. When we examine data from other earthen mound tombs in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, we find that tombs from the Western Zhou period rarely yielded jade artifacts. However, almost every tomb in Qujiang contains jade artifacts, with jade jue accounting for 80-90 percent of them." 6. Unearthed jade jue on display [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]