A staff member from the culture and tourism bureau of Ziyang County explains the discovery of the murals in northwestern China's Shaanxi Province on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2007. A huge set of murals dating from the Qing Dynasty was recently discovered in a commerce and trade assembly hall in the County. [Xinhua]
The huge murals span nearly 220 square meters in total and tell the story of classic Chinese work The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. According to experts, exquisite murals of this size are a very rare find in China. [Xinhua]
Part of the mural depicting the 24 Stories of Filial Piety in Ziyang, located in northwestern China's Shaanxi Province, on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2007. [Xinhua]