People visit the Dahecun site museum in Zhengzhou, central China"s Henan Province, June 14, 2025. (Xinhua/Hao Yuan)

　　BEIJING, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- At the Dahecun National Archaeological Site Park in Zhengzhou, central China"s Henan Province, reeds sway in the autumn breeze and deer can be heard calling across the nearly 2,400-mu (160-hectare) landscape. The new Dahecun Site Museum within the park is built largely underground, with a sloping entrance leading visitors into the history of a Neolithic settlement dating back about 7,000 years.

　　"This is the country"s first thematic museum to present the Yangshao Culture in a panoramic form," said Wang Xiaoya, a guide at the museum. "Its rectangular roof is level with the ground, allowing the building to blend into the landscape like an archaeological site emerging from the soil."

　　Inside, more than 1,500 cultural relics illustrate the Yangshao Culture and shed light on the history of the Dahecun site. Outside, the core protection zone displays the remains of a large Yangshao-period settlement. Offering an important window into a Neolithic culture that lasted about 2,000 years, Dahecun is one of China"s major archaeological sites, where protection and public presentation are making the traces of ancient life more accessible to the public.

　　Known in Chinese as "dayizhi," these archaeological sites include the remains of major ancient settlements, cities, palaces and tombs, as well as related groups of sites and cultural landscapes. They carry historical and cultural information across different stages of ancient Chinese history, and are distinguished by their scale, historical and cultural significance, and far-reaching influence.