STORY: New exhibition on ancient Ba culture opens in SW China
SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 24, 2024
DATELINE: Dec. 28, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:10
LOCATION: CHONGQING, China
CATEGORY: CULTURE

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the exhibition
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHEN RUI, Director of the Exhibition Collection Department of the Chongqing Ba People's Museum

STORYLINE:

An exhibition showcasing significant archaeological discoveries related to the Ba culture opened on Tuesday at a museum in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality.

It highlights over 110 cultural relics uncovered over the past 70 years of excavations, some of which could date back 2,000 years.

SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN RUI, Director of the Exhibition Collection Department of the Chongqing Ba People's Museum
"This is the centerpiece of this exhibition, called 'Zhu Si' (bamboo box). It is the first bamboo weaving product from the Ba culture discovered in the Chongqing area."

Ba culture is an ancient culture that flourished primarily in the present-day Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality in southwest China.

The exhibition will run until March 23, 2025.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Chongqing, China.
(XHTV)