Liye Qin Slips

The collection contains over 37,000 bamboo and wooden slips with more than 200,000 Chinese characters documenting government and legal matters from ancient times.

Discovered in 2002 during a hydropower station construction, these slips reveal administrative records from Qianling County in the Dongting Prefecture of the Qin Dynasty.

The records detail numerous aspects of daily life, including agricultural practices, festival celebrations, and local governance systems during China's first unified dynasty.

The Qin Dynasty Bamboo Slips Museum of Liye displays these artifacts across 36,000 square meters of exhibition space in Longshan County, Hunan Province.

The collection includes the oldest known multiplication table in the world, demonstrating advanced mathematical knowledge during the Qin Dynasty period.

GPS coordinates: 28.78889,109.29444

Latest update: March 25, 2025 11:55