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China's first dragon!
2024 is the Year of the Dragon in China. The dragon, with the meaning of auspiciousness, is the spiritual totem of the Chinese nation. About 8,000 years ago, located in Fuxin, our province, the Chahai site, not only found a snake-bit toad barrel-shaped jar, but also found pottery shards with dragon patterns, and more importantly, found a long 19The 7-meter dragon is made of stones, and this stone dragon is the earliest and largest dragon image found so far, and is known as the "first dragon in China". These archaeological discoveries have made the best footnote for "the source of the Liao River". 
Chahai Ruins
The Chahai site is located in the west of Chahai Village, Shala Township, Fuxin Mongolian Autonomous County, Liaoning Province, with an age of more than 8,000 years, and is the earliest Neolithic prehistoric settlement site found in Northeast China.
This stone pile dragon at the Chahai site provides a more concrete appearance for the dragon culture of the Chinese nation. The stone pile dragon dwells in the first place of the village, and there are important relics such as the central cemetery and the sacrificial pit below. All kinds of indications show that the dragon-shaped stone pile is the most important worship and sacrificial relics in "Chahai Village", which should be the place where Chahai people gather and sacrifice, which fully embodies the concept of primitive religion represented by the extraordinary god form of the dragon has been formed in the hearts of Chahai people 8,000 years ago.
Sea Ruins Museum
The Fuxin Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government attach great importance to the discovery and excavation of the Chahai site, and on September 4, 1992, the Fuxin Chahai Site Museum was built and opened to the public, which is a professional site museum, which is the protection, management, display and research institution of the Chahai site. Fuxin Chahai Ruins Museum is located on the south side of the site, with a construction area of 877 square meters, composed of 6 semi-crypt ancient human sites, with 4 exhibition rooms and 1 panoramic painting hall, with an exhibition area of more than 400 square meters, which is divided into two parts: the basic display of "Chahai Culture Exhibition" in the museum and the ontology display area of the ruins outside the museum.
Longyuan Fuxin
On February 3, 2024, the Year of the Dragon, Chahai Ruins Museum held the "Longyuan Fuxin Chahai Roots" activity, attracting more than 100 Fuxin cultural tourism "promotion officers" and "promotion group" candidates who love their hometown, love cultural tourism, and have great positive energy to participate in the in-depth participation.
The general public can appreciate the 8,000-year-old Chahai culture in a rich and colorful interactive experience, explore the password of Fuxin's "dragon culture", and feel the infinite charm of the Chinese nation's dragon culture and the profundity of history.
A new glow in the Year of the Dragon
In 2024, the Year of the Dragon, which is full of auspiciousness and hope, Fuxin Dragon Culture has once again attracted everyone's attention with its unique charm. Fuxin, as one of the birthplaces of Chinese dragon culture, has a new brilliance in this special year with its profound dragon cultural heritage. At this moment, Fuxin dragon culture is not only the admiration and inheritance of the ancient dragon totem, but also the innovation and development of Liaoning culture in the new era.
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