An archaeological discovery at Lushanmao Site, Yan’an City, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, has unveiled the Chinese courtyard layout more than 4,000 years ago. /Xinhua/GLOBALink/

An archaeological discovery at Lushanmao Site has unveiled the Chinese courtyard layout more than 4,000 years ago. The Lushanmao site is a large-scale settlement site from the late Miaodigou Phase II culture to the late Longshan age located in Yan’an City, Shaanxi Province. /Xinhua/GLOBALink/

An archaeological discovery at Lushanmao Site, Yan’an City, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, has unveiled the Chinese courtyard layout more than 4,000 years ago. The core zone of the settlement is on a hill ridge, on the top of which four large-sized rammed-earth platform foundations are distributed, each of which had large-sized rammed-earth architecture sites on top. /Xinhua/GLOBALink/

An archaeological discovery at Lushanmao Site, Yan’an City, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, has unveiled the Chinese courtyard layout more than 4,000 years ago. /Xinhua/GLOBALink/

An archaeological discovery at Lushanmao Site, Yan’an City, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, has unveiled the Chinese courtyard layout more than 4,000 years ago. /Xinhua/GLOBALink/