The earliest known cultural relics related to snakes can be traced back to nearly 8,000 years ago in northeastern China, where Chahai Site in Fuxin, Liaoning province, has unveiled a cylindrical ...

Other items on display are a jar from the Yangshao culture of 5,000BC to 3,000BC that features plant motifs and a Hongshan period jade dragon (4,500BC to 3,000BC), believed to be one of the ...