Gansu Jiandu Museum showcases bamboo and wooden slips culture

The latest scientific achievements on bamboo and wooden scripts of the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) were presented on a conference by Gansu Jiandu Museum in Lanzhou in the capital city of Gansu province on Dec 18.

Titled "Bamboo and Wooden Slips Tell Chinese Story Through Books", the conference centered around Xuanquan Bamboo Slips of the Han Dynasty and Yumen Pass Bamboo Slips of the Han Dynasty.

Xuanquan Bamboo Slips of Han Dynasty was collected, preserved and exhibited by the Gansu Jiandu Museum, Gansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Shaanxi Normal University Advanced Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Tsinghua University Unearthed Research and Protection Center, while the Yumen Pass Bamboo Slips of the Han Dynasty by the Gansu Jiandu Museum and other units. Both books have been published.