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The area of the present-day city of Tianshui, Gansu Province, which city lies on the ancient overland Silk Road route immediately west of the city of Xi'an in present-day Shaanxi Province, has a very long history, if we are to believe the contents of a 2200 year old map unearthed at the Fangmatan Site near Tianshui, the Fangmatan Site being one of the lesser-known Qin tombs. The map - which appears on a set of pine wood plates - depicts an ancient county (xian) called Gui. This is the, to date, oldest discovered Chinese map, which is a significant discovery, since it demonstrates that the Chinese - whom we knew to be capable cartographers based on a 1900 year old map of the geography of the Han (BCE 206 - CE 220) Dynasty unearthed in 1973 at the Forest of Steles in the city of Xi'an - had mastered the art and science of cartography much earlier.
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Dadiwan Site 
With an area of 320,000 sq. meters, Dadiwan Site is a New Stone Age that dates back 7,800 to 4,800 years, displaying the culture of nearly 3,000 years, which is very rare in the archeological history ... [ View Details ]
Elephant Mountain
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Fu Xi Temple
Fu Xi Temple was originally built to commemorate Fu Xi, a legendary ruler of great antiquity. It is said that Fu Xi was born in Tianshui. Fu Xi Temple was built in 1490 of Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and... [ View Details ]
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