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Over 1,200 rock painting sites recorded across China

Beijing: Over 1,200 rock painting sites have been found and recorded across China, a Chinese rock painting expert said on Wednesday.
Wang Jianping, chairman of Chinese Rock Art Association, said at a rock painting exhibition that 1,228 relic sites, including tens of millions of rock paintings, had been recorded.
Those sites are scattered in more than 100 counties in 28 provinces and regions in China. Nineteen areas have been recorded as national protection sites,
88 sites are classified as provincial protection units and another 199 sites are county-level protection sites, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
The rock painting exhibition opened on Wednesday in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
The exhibition, which will last for one month, exhibits ancient rock paintings, rubbings, replicas, photos and artworks.
The exhibition aims at strengthening the preservation of rock paintings in Ningxia and giving knowledge about rock paintings, according to Wang.
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