From July 6th to July 11th, 2020, Associate Researcher JIANG Nan from the Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Associate Professor PAN Jiao from the Life Science School, Nankai University, led the students to the Liangzhu Ancient City Relics (Hangzhou) for a week-long ecological and environment investigation and study. During the period, they participated in the 'Liangzhu Culture Week' series activities and exchanged ideas with the leaders and experts of the Liangzhu Relics Monitoring and Management Center and the Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology on cooperation in the ecological protection of Liangzhu Culture.

The Liangzhu Ancient City Relics is located in Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. Liangzhu culture dates back to 5300-4500 years ago. The Liangzhu Ancient City Relics was successfully inscribed on the list of World Heritage Sites on July 6, 2019.

The monitoring hall of the Hangzhou Liangzhu Relics Monitoring and Management Center has fulfilled the visualization of monitoring parameters such as soil moisture, soil temperature, soil weathering and spalling, as well as partial weather. However, because Liangzhu Relics is located in a climate region with frequent fluctuations in wet and dry conditions, it is particularly important to fully understand the ecological environment and microenvironment of the Liangzhu Ancient City Relics.

In April 2019, Nankai University, the Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Zhejiang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, and the Liangzhu Relics Monitoring and Management Center jointly published a paper on microbial diseases in Frontiers in Microbiology, taking a key step in the protection of Liangzhu Relics .

At the end of 2019, the investigation and research on the ecological environment of the Liangzhu Ancient City Relics led by the Life Science School of Nankai University and the Institute of Applied Ecology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences officially started. The project aims to provide solid data of soil, vegetation and microorganisms for the 'digital brain' of relics protection, and contribute to the complete inheritance of the Liangzhu Culture.