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English summary on page 33 as follows: southeast China lies mainly in today's Kwangsi and Kwangtun. Archaeological discoveries on bronze in this area are not much, and may be divided into 4 groups: 1. Tao Chiang group, ho P'u county during the Han dynasty. Some burials had been unearthed yielding bronze artefacts which show no Chinese, but North Vietnamese style, such as bronze jars , bronze drums. 2. Yu Chiang group, near Wen high plateau. Some burials yielded bronze artefacts similar to those of Tien, like statues of men, beasts and also bronze drums. 3. qui River group, adjacent to today's hunan. The bronze articles are relevant to those of S'u. Quite a number of shoe-shaped axes similar to those of North Vietnam delta were found, but so far no bronze drum was excavated though certain drums with late date have been discovered. 4. Chu Chiang group, in Kwangzhou ares. Bronze items are very scarce, no drums or shoe-shaped axes have been found. One may think this ares lies beyond the boundary of distribution of bronze drums. Bronze articles in Southeast China are relevant to Tien, S'u and Dong Son cultures at different degrees.
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