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Workers have dug up more than 150,000 cultural artifacts over the 10 years of excavation work done in preparation for the south-to-north water transfer project in Central China, according to a government official.
The relics were uncovered in 159 relic sites near the Danjiangkou reservoir in Hubei Province, said Guo Chongxi, head of the bureau of cultural relics in Shiyan City.
The ancient artifacts are fresh answers to some mysteries in China's history, Guo said as quoted by China.org.
The government has already set up preservation operations and measures in the area to help protect the finds, according to the official.
Meanwhile, more than 100,000 cultural artifacts were unearthed in Henan Province throughout the nine-year period of preparation for the water diversion project.
The project was originated by Mao Zedong in 1952. However, the State Council approved it only in Dec. 2002, after almost half a century of debate over its actual construction.
The diversion project's middle route will be the passageway for about 9.5 billion cubic meters of water annually. The water will be pumped through canals and pipes from Danjiangkou reservoir to the northern provinces of Henan and Hebei as well as to Beijing.
