Ancient bamboo slips reflect the rise and fall of the Qin Dynasty

This photo shows the No. 1 well where over 36,000 slips of the Qin Dynasty were unearthed in 2002, in Liye ancient town in Longshan County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hunan Province.

This photo shows a fractured slip unearthed from the Liye ancient town in Longshan County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hunan Province.

Long Jingsha, an archaeologist and leader of the excavation at No. 1 well of Liye ancient town, looks at file photos of the excavation at the Liye Qin Slips Museum in Longshan County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hunan Province.