Highlighting Hongshan's cultural connections beyond China, Guo Dashun, honorary director of the Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, noted that Hongshan's painted ...

In Guo's observation, there seems to be a tendency in Hongshan tombs that important artifacts were placed on the right side of the tomb owners, with the most important ones put beside the head.

Guo said the jade dragons unearthed in the region showed the dragon worshipped by Chinese people was a combination of several animals, with its original shape coming from pig, deer, bear and bird.