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Henan tourism
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Henan is located in the Yellow River valley where ancient people lived.
Earlier in the New Stone Age, the light of civilization had appeared and the delicate potteries in the Peiligang Culture and Yangshao Culture, and the character signs and musical instruments 8,000 years ago have filled the present world and the ancient times with wonders.
Three of the Seven Ancient Capitals of China are in Henan: Luoyang, Kaifeng and Anyang.
Henan is one of the provinces that has the most historical relics in the country. There are 16 key national units of protecting historical relics and 267 provincial units of protecting historical relics.
The over-ground historical relics are the second in China in number. Historical relics in museums take up one-eighth of those in China, and the underground historical relics are the first in China in number.
In Henan Museum there are 120,000 historical relics, including over 40,000 rare ones.
