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Article: The China Cultural Heritage logo
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- China Daily
- Article date:
- June 6, 2006
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A gold adornment featuring sunbirds made by the ancient Chinese
some 3,000 years ago was selected as the logo of "China Cultural
Heritage" last August. The adornment is now on display at the
National Museum of China in Beijing.
The logo has been introduced to China's cultural heritage
protection sites, but its commercial use is restricted, according to
the State Administration of Cultural Heritage.
The gold sunbirds adornment was unearthed in 2001 in Jinsha, in
one of China's most important archaeological discoveries at the start
of the 21st Century, in Chengdu, the capital of Southwest China's
Sichuan Province.
The pattern features four birds flying around the ...