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

This copy of a file photo rephotographed on Dec. 25, 2025 shows a jade pig unearthed at the Lingjiatan relics site in 2007. 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]