The city’s historical and literary experts started work on the regional cultural annals of Shandong Province last year and much lost culture. Many forgotten lives are now known to the public.Beiqian ancient ruin in Jimo

BEIQIAN ruin has provided information about the lives of people who lived approximately 7,000 years ago. After four years of exploration, archaeologists are now entering the ancient houses. “Beiqian ruin is a landmark achievement in local archaeology,” said Lin Yuhai, president of the city’s archaeology institute.

About half month ago, experts from Yale University in the United States were impressed by the ruin, which covers an area of more than 40,000 square meters, saying it has shown a complete picture of human life in ancient times.

“At present, we have set up several special issues to study, including plants, animals, pottery, stoneware and the environment of the time. For us, it is like an investigation scene and we cannot overlook a single detail,” said Luan Fengshi, professor from the archaeology department of Shandong University.

Since 2009, nine graves have been found in Beiqian, in which all the bones had been burned, which means a new form of ancient sacrifice ceremony has been discovered.

Several moats were found around the ruin, which had all been repaired and reinforced several times. This proves that Beiqian used to be an important military town.

“Five years ago when the institute was just established, many people doubted us, saying there was nothing to study in archaeology in Qingdao, but now everyone is full of hope and we hope to let more Qingdao residents know about their hometown and history through our efforts,” Lin said. (Wang Yuanyuan, Li Wei)