The Ancient City of Liangzhu and Chinese Civilization

This book serves as a sacred site that empirically attests to the 5,000-year-long history of Chinese civilization. It represents an earthen construction-based civilization, a water conservancy-oriented civilization, and a rice cultivation-centered civilization. Moreover, its highly developed jade system is unparalleled. In addition, it holds a crucial position in the history of the development of China's ancient capitals. This book delves into the discovery history, layout and functional zoning, construction techniques and engineering, archaeological progress, and the relationship between Liangzhu civilization and Chinese civilization at large. By doing so, it unveils the profound connotations and far-reaching impacts of Liangzhu civilization. Liu Bin , born in 1961, professor of Zhejiang University，and famous archaeologist in China. In 2007, he discovered the ruins of Liangzhu city. Wang Ningyuan , born in 1968, is famous archaeologist in China. He has long been engaged in the excavation and research of prehistoric archaeology in Zhejiang. He was the leader of the project "Investigation and Excavation of Liangzhu Peripheral Water Conservancy System," which was later selected as one of the "Top Ten New Archaeological Discoveries in China." Chen Minghui graduated from Wuhan University (2010) and Fudan University (2013). He has long been engaged in archaeological excavations and research at the site of Liangzhu City and has published dozens of related papers.