A trip to Chengjiang Fossil Site Museum

Photo taken on Oct. 14, 2021 shows fossils in Chengjiang Fossil Site Museum of Natural History in central Yunnan’s Yuxi city (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)

Located in central Yunnan’s Yuxi city, the Chengjiang Fossil Site Museum of Natural History is the only world-heritage fossil site in Asia. The animal specimens in the museum witnessed the explosion of life 518 million years ago and recorded traces of life in the Cambrian period.

Photo taken on Oct. 14, 2021 shows fossils in Chengjiang Fossil Site Museum of Natural History in central Yunnan’s Yuxi city (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)

Photo taken on Oct. 14, 2021 shows fossils in Chengjiang Fossil Site Museum of Natural History in central Yunnan’s Yuxi city (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)

Photo taken on Oct. 14, 2021 shows fossils in Chengjiang Fossil Site Museum of Natural History in central Yunnan’s Yuxi city (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)

Photo taken on Oct. 14, 2021 shows fossils in Chengjiang Fossil Site Museum of Natural History in central Yunnan’s Yuxi city (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)

Photo taken on Oct. 14, 2021 shows the Chengjiang Fossil Site Museum of Natural History in central Yunnan’s Yuxi city (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)

Photo taken on Oct. 14, 2021 shows fossils in Chengjiang Fossil Site Museum of Natural History in central Yunnan’s Yuxi city (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)

Photo taken on Oct. 14, 2021 shows animal specimens in Chengjiang Fossil Site Museum of Natural History in central Yunnan’s Yuxi city (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)

Photo taken on Oct. 14, 2021 shows fossils in Chengjiang Fossil Site Museum of Natural History in central Yunnan’s Yuxi city (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)

Reporting and photos by Chen Xinbo(Xinhua Net); Trans-editing by Yang Xuan