Decades of excavation reveals rich legacy at E China's Lingjiatan relics site

Archaeologists work at the Lingjiatan relics site in Hanshan County, Ma'anshan, east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 13, 2026. The Lingjiatan relics site in east China's Anhui is a Neolithic settlement dating back 5,300 to 5,800 years, with an area of about 1.6 million square meters.

Since its discovery in 1985, 17 excavations have been carried out on Lingjiatan. More than 4,000 exquisite relics such as jade wares, stone artifacts and potteries have been unearthed from the site.

Archaeologists believe that Lingjiatan predates Liangzhu Culture, a testament to the 5,000-year-old Chinese civilization, and has a successive relationship with it. [Photo/Xinhua]