Bamboo slips engraved with 'Chengdu' make debut in Chengdu(1/4)

Photo shows a bamboo slip from the Qin Dynasty (221 B.C.-207 B.C.) engraved with the Chinese character "Chengdu" unearthed from the site of Zikujie Street in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 14, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/An Yuan)

A batch of bamboo and wooden slips from the Qin Dynasty engraved with the Chinese characters "Chengdu" and "Xi Gong" was released on Wednesday by the cultural relics and archaeology research institute of Chengdu, the capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province.

Photo shows bamboo slips from the Qin Dynasty soaked in distilled water in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 14, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/An Yuan)

An archeologist introduces bamboo slips from the Qin Dynasty unearthed from the site of Zikujie Street in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 14, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/An Yuan)

An archeologist introduces bamboo slips from the Qin Dynasty unearthed from the site of Zikujie Street in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 14, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/An Yuan)