China's documentary heritage collections enter UNESCO's Memory of the World Register

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  of the World Register.

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  Among the 74 newly added entries, China contributed two solo submissions,

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  the Bianzhong of Marquess Yi of Zeng,

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  and the Steles of Shaolin Temple,

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  as well as a joint submission with Sri Lanka, the trilingual inscription.

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  According to UNESCO,

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  the Bianzhong of Marquess Yi of Zheng is a remarkable set of ancient bronze bells unearthed in 1978 from the tombs of Marquess Yi in Suizhou City in central China's Hubei Province.

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  These bells not only offer insights into early Chinese musical traditions,

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  but also contain inscriptions that are considered the earliest surviving archaeological records,

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  illustrating mathematical relationships in music.

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  The steles of Shaolin Temple contain 499 surviving steles of the iconic temple,

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  presenting a relatively complete and coherent sequence of historical documents in the form of stone inscriptions dating back to 1424.

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  The third entry, the Trilingual Inscription, jointly submitted by China and Sri Lanka,

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  was a stone tablet dated February 15th, 1409.

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  The inscription features texts in Chinese, Persian and Tamil.

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  installed by Chinese Admiral Zheng He during one of his voyages.

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  The inscription praises Buddha, Vishnu and Allah.

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