Qualla: Beifudi https://qualla.com/beifudi en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:38 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Beifudi https://qualla.com/beifudi Beifudi: Introduction https://qualla.com/beifudi/ A cat stares back across seven millennia. Its face is molded in clay, the features sculpted by hands that knew no metal tools, no written language, no concept of the civilization that would eventually grow around this place. At Beifudi, a Neolithic village site in Yi County, Hebei, archaeologists unearthed something that pushed the history of Chinese carving back by thousands of years: a collection of clay masks shaped into the likenesses of cats, monkeys, pigs, and humans. In 2004, Chinese archaeologists voted the find the most outstanding archaeological discovery of the year.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/f/p/beifudi-wp/wwfp-beifudi-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Beifudi: Faces in the Earth https://qualla.com/beifudi/ A dozen carved clay masks emerged from the first phase of excavations at Beifudi, and they are unlike anything found at comparable sites of this age. One human face mask has a mouth and nose sculpted in carved relief, with the eyes pierced clean through -- openings that suggest t...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/f/p/beifudi-wp/wwfp-beifudi-faces-in-the-earth.mp3 0:06 2 full Beifudi: Rituals on Raised Ground https://qualla.com/beifudi/ What the masks were for remains a matter of careful inference rather than certainty. The beliefs of these Neolithic people are not directly known, but the physical evidence points strongly toward ritual activity. Both human and animal burials have been found at Beifudi, along wit...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/f/p/beifudi-wp/wwfp-beifudi-rituals-on-raised-ground.mp3 0:06 3 full Beifudi: Pots and Stone Tools https://qualla.com/beifudi/ The second phase of excavation, dating to between 6,500 and 7,000 years before present, revealed a more domestic picture. Pottery and stone tools filled the layers: ceramic pots including the round-bottomed fu vessel, vessel seats, bo bowls, and small-mouth double-handled pots. T...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/w/f/p/beifudi-wp/wwfp-beifudi-pots-and-stone-tools.mp3 0:06 4 full Beifudi: Many Threads, One Tapestry https://qualla.com/beifudi/ Modern scholars have moved away from viewing Chinese civilization as a single story unfolding from one origin point. Instead, they see a complex tapestry of interactions among many different cultures and ethnic groups, each influencing the others' development across thousands of ...

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