Photo taken on July 29, 2010 shows ancient rock paintings on the Huashan Mountain in Ningming County of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The first-stage protection work of these rock paintings passed the examination of experts from the State Administration of Cultural Heritage on Sept. 18. Covering an area of about 15,300 square meters, the rock paintings included more than 1,900 pictures describing human beings, weapons, boats and various animals, which were painted 2,000 years ago by the ancestors of Zhuang, a major Chinese ethnic minority living primarily in the Region.

Yuan Longping, known as the "father of hybrid rice," examines ancient rock paintings on the Huashan Mountain in Ningming County of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The first-stage protection work of these rock paintings passed the examination of experts from the State Administration of Cultural Heritage on Sept. 18. Covering an area of about 15,300 square meters, the rock paintings included more than 1,900 pictures describing human beings, weapons, boats and various animals, which were painted 2,000 years ago by the ancestors of Zhuang, a major Chinese ethnic minority living primarily in the Region.

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