5,000-year-old archaeological ruins of Liangzhu City achieves total 5G coverage, to enable better tourism experience

The archaeological ruins of Liangzhu City, a World Cultural Heritage Site with a history of 5,000 years, has achieved full 5G coverage. The application of 5G would provide a better tourism experience at the site.

The archaeological ruins of Liangzhu City (about 3300-2300 BC) is located in Hangzhou, capital of East China’s Zhejiang province, with an urban area of 3 square kilometres and a heritage area of 14.34 sq.km. With the addition of the buffer zone, it extends to 114 sq.km.

According to the World Heritage Committee, the ruins of the ancient city is an outstanding example of early urban civilization, showing an early regional state with a unified faith and supported by rice farming in the late Neolithic period.

Along with 5G technology, Liangzhu has introduced augmented reality (AR) glasses, 5G+MR (mixed reality) holographic cultural relics and a host of other new applications to enhance the sense of the visiting experience. With the 5G+VR (virtual reality) synchronous classroom, remote teaching interaction has been realised.

In addition, the archaeological ruins of Liangzhu, has also used digital means to hold activities like the “Cloud Exhibition”, “Cloud Spring Tour”, “Cloud Live Broadcast” and “Night Museum”, etc., attracting millions of people to watch them online.

Over the past year, the deep integration of 5G technology with the 5,000-year-old World Heritage Site has brought more than 1.3 million visitors to Liangzhu.