Cultural relics are tangible historical and cultural carriers and witness to the development of human history. Both immovable cultural relics and movable cultural relics are made of certain material.

For example, ancient artifacts made of metal and nonmetal materials: celadon, gold, silver, iron, stone tools, bones, pottery, jade, wood and so on.

2. The epochal nature of cultural relics

Any historical sites and cultural relics are the products of human social activities in a certain historical period, which are branded with the times and contain many contents and information such as politics, economy, military affairs, science and technology, culture and art at that time.

3. Non-renewability of cultural relics

The characteristics of the times determine that cultural relics can no longer be produced, reproduced or rebuilt. Its position in the era when it came into being is objective and independent of the will of future generations.

4. Irreplaceability of cultural relics

The irreplaceability of cultural relics is the result of the logical development of the times and irreproducibility of cultural relics. Cultural relics are historical and cultural heritage and the product of a certain era. Every cultural relic or every cultural relic has its own historical position and function.

5. Objectivity of cultural relics value

Cultural relics are historical and cultural heritage with historical, artistic and scientific values. They contain rich connotations such as politics, economy, military affairs, science and technology, literature and art, and are profound.

6. Sustainability of cultural relics.

Cultural relics are material and cultural remains produced in different historical periods. They are witnesses of history, which can confirm documents, correct the fallacies recorded in ancient books, revise historical biographies, correct mistakes and fallacies, and make up for the shortcomings of documents recorded in written history. Cultural relics are important physical historical materials for the study of history and special history, which have special and important value and function for the study of history, especially for the reconstruction of ancient history.