Rare antique stele stating village code of conduct found in SW China

Xinhua News Agency | July 10, 2005 | Copyright

Rare antique stele stating village code of conduct found in SW China

CHONGQING, July 10 (Xinhua) -- A stele carrying village code of conduct was recently found in Yunyang County of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, rated by experts as a physical proof of the prototype of democracy.

The antique was spotted by a farmer when he was renovating his house.

The cylindrical stone stele, dating back to the Qing Dynasty (1644- 1911), weighs 750 kg and is 1.44-meter high, 0.45-meter long and 0.39- meter wide.

A 700-word code of conduct was beautifully engraved on the ...

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