https://www.scmp.com/rss/505583/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Nearly five-and-a-half millennia ago, a bustling metropolis lay in the delta of the lower Yangtze, in what is now China’s Zhejiang province. You could enter on foot – there was a single road through the towering city walls – but most people travelled by boat via an intricate network of canals. At its heart was a massive palatial complex built on a platform of earth. There were huge granaries and cemeteries filled with elaborately decorated tombs, while the water system was controlled by an... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3080219/liangzhu-5000-year-old-chinese-civilisation-time?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3080219/liangzhu-5000-year-old-chinese-civilisation-time?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 18 Apr 2020 07:00:13 +0000