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Ming Dynasty Road Discovered in SW China

A post road built during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) was discovered in southwest China's Guizhou Province.

The post road used to connect Huangping, a town of military and commercial importance in the Ming Dynasty, and Guiyang, capital ofGuizhou province, according to experts with the provincial archaeological institutions.

The post road runs parallel to south Guizhou's Qingshui River and was about three meters wide, archaeologists said.

The post road stretches through a stone temple named Kecisi, where an inscription dating from 1902, tells how the government ofthe Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) renovated the 34.5-kilometer road at a cost of 3014 taels.

The discovery of the ancient post road would help research on the transportation, economy, communication and cultural spread of southwest China's minority groups in ancient times, said archaeologists.
 
(Xinhua News Agency March 18, 2004)

 

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