BEIJING, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- The following are Chinese archaeological news items in brief:
QING DYNASTY COINS DISCOVERED IN WEST CHINA, WEIGHING 600 KG
In a building site of Ningqiang County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, a large number of ancient coins were unearthed last Friday, which weighed 600 kilograms, said an official with Cultural Relics and Tourism Department of Ningqiang County Friday.
The coins were found in a wooden case, 160 cm long, 80 cm wide and 30 cm high. The coins were orderly ranked in seven layers.
The coins -- round and with square holes in the middle -- were confirmed by the local cultural relics department as those issued during by the Qing dynasty.
TANG DYNASTY BUDDHISM STATUES DISCOVERED
Forty-nine Buddhism statues have been unearthed by a villager in Zhouwan Village of Jingyuan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Du Yongqiang, an employee of Baiyin museum said.
Among the Buddhism statues, twenty-one were completely intact, including Bodhisattva statues, bodhi trees and lion-shaped sculptures.
According to archaeologists, the Buddhism statues are from the Tang Dynasty.
All the statues are now stored in Baiyin museum, Du said.
SONG DYNASTY TOMB & PORCELAIN FOUND IN NORTH CHINA
A construction team unearthed an ancient tomb when they were working in Tongcheng City's Kongcheng County, east China's Anhui Province, said local authorities Friday.
The coffin was not rotten, but the human remains inside had utterly decomposed. Three porcelain bowls, two pottery pots and more than 20 bronze coins were also found inside the coffin.
The style of the bowls indicated the tomb dated back more than 1,000 years ago to the Song Dynasty, said Ye Xin, a staff of Cultural Relics Management Department of Tongcheng.
Kongcheng County is a renown historical and cultural county which was established in the Sui and Tang Dynasties (581-907).
