Ancient frescos discovered in Shandong

2008-01-17 02:54:03 Xinhua English

Photos taken on Jan. 17, 2008 shows ancient frescos depicting a meeting between two famous Chinese philosophers, Laozi (about 600 B.C.-500 B.C.) and Confucius (551 B.C.-479 B.C.), discovered in a tomb dating back to about 2,000 years ago in the Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 25) at a museum in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province. (Xinhua Photo/Xu Suhui)

Photo taken on Jan. 17, 2008 shows a piece of ancient fresco discovered in a tomb dating back to about 2,000 years ago in the Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 25) at a museum in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province. (Xinhua Photo/Xu Suhui)

Photos taken on Jan. 17, 2008 show frescos discovered in a tomb dating back to about 2,000 years ago in the Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 25) at a museum in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province.

The well-preserved color frescos included images of drinking, dancing, cock fighting, women servants and historical stories.

They were the best preserved ones discovered in the region so far and would be valuable in the study of funeral and folk customs and painting arts during the Western Han Dynasty.

Ancient frescos discovered in Shandong

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