Visitors explore the Taosi Site Museum in Xiangfen county, North China's Shanxi Province, on November 12, 2024. The museum, showing cultural relics dating back 3,900 to 4,300 years, opened to the public on Tuesday, offering a look at early Chinese state formation and societal complexity. Photo: Courtesy of the National Cultural Heritage Administration

The Taosi Site Museum in Xiangfen county, North China's Shanxi Province Photo: Courtesy of the National Cultural Heritage Administration