Ruins of Anji ancient city

In Ancheng Town, Anji County. In the 16th year of Kaiyuan (738), the county magistrate Kong Zhidao moved the county government from Tianmu township (later changed to kaofeng County, now Xiaofeng town), to the southeast of Qingshan mountain, and then to Jin'an town. At that time, there was no city. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, marshal Fei Yu and general manager Zhang Junde were ordered to come to Wu in the year of bingshen (1356) and began to build the Earth City. After rebuilding the Earth City in the next year, it extended 6 Li and was more than 2 Zhang in Shang Dynasty. There are four gates: Yingchun in the East, Chaoyang in the south, Baocheng in the West and Gongchen in the north. In the 56th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1372-1373), Zhang Shiliang, the county magistrate, founded qiaolou in four cities. In 1553, the forest wall of Zhizhou was rebuilt and Qiao Lou gengpu was built. After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was rebuilt many times. Since the founding of the people's Republic of China, except for the yingchunmengu Road, the other three gates have been demolished. Chaoyang Gate is in disrepair for a long time, and the roll top is low and narrow. The county government rebuilt it in 1987, and the roll top has been raised. Its city wall not only has defensive function in history, but also plays a role in flood control. Ancheng is close to xirutiao, and floods often occur in history. There is a stone gate groove outside the gate, which is 1.66 meters high and 9 cm wide. When the flood comes, the upper gate can block the flood. Today, sluice channels and moats are still in use. Now it is a key cultural relic protection unit at the provincial level.

Ruins of Anji ancient city

The ancient city of Anji, which began in the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, is the cradle of Yue Culture in Zhejiang Province. Together with Liangzhu Culture in the new era and shangmakan culture in the early Paleolithic era, it forms an important pedigree of ancient Zhejiang civilization in different historical periods in the Northern Zhejiang basin.

The mysterious 30 ° north latitude and the rich Xitiaoxi valley of Taihu Lake gave birth to the Xianyue civilization, one of the greatest ancient Zhejiang civilizations in the Shang and Zhou dynasties. The spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, where the dragon and the Qi gather together, has hidden more than 2000 years of cultural world. Anji ancient city site is the best preserved city site of Yue State so far, and also the highest standard city site of the same period found in Taihu Lake Basin and Zhejiang area so far. According to the unearthed printed pottery, primitive porcelain and the tiles, copper tiles and tiles on the building components, it can be determined that the city first started in the spring and Autumn period and Warring States period, and there were strata from the Qin and Han Dynasties to the two Jin Dynasties. It was an ancient civilized city in Zhejiang province that went through the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty, the two Han Dynasties and the Six Dynasties of the two Jin Dynasties.

Site introduction

As an early city of Yue State, a great frontier of Chu state, a place ruled by Zhangjun in Qin Dynasty and a county ruled by Guzhang in Han Dynasty, Anji ancient city is a large-scale site cluster composed of 330000 square ancient city center sites, more than 10 ancient city related sites and many large tomb sites. It is the site where nearly 20000 pieces of precious cultural relics from spring and Autumn period to Warring States period to Jin Dynasty were unearthed. At present, 80% of the treasures in Anji museum are from Anji ancient city .

In 2006, Anji ancient city site was listed in the Sixth Batch of national key cultural relics protection units. In 2013, Longshan Yue noble tombs within the scope of Anji ancient city site were listed in the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units and merged with Anji ancient city. Anji ancient city is one of the few national key cultural relics protection units in Zhejiang and even in China. In 2011, Anji ancient city site was upgraded to a National Archaeological project by the State Bureau of culture, and a special project was set up.

Many archaeologists have theoretically speculated that Anji ancient city was the capital of the early Yue State.

Bamudun, which is similar to Yinshan tomb in Shaoxing, but has more obvious features, is supposed to be the early Yue mausoleum before Yunchang.

Anji ancient city is known as one of the most important archaeological discoveries in the Tiaoxi valley of Northern Zhejiang after Liangzhu, and also known as the light of Zhejiang's first Yue civilization.

Traffic location

Anji north exit of Hangchang expressway, Dipu Town, Anji County, Zhejiang Province.

Discovery of ancient city

The suspected ancient city site was first found in 1986, and it was listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Anji County in the same year. In 1989, it was announced as a provincial-level cultural relic protection unit. In the same year, an archaeological investigation was carried out on the tombs of Yue nobles in Longshan, which are related to the central site of the ancient city. An archaeological seminar was arranged along the ridge of Baishi mountain behind the ancient city site. According to the topic of the seminar, first, 19 mounds were found in the Baishi stone behind the ancient city site, and then found in Shijiao Village (which has been merged into the ancient city village) The second mound (mound tomb) has a larger model and shape. In 1992, archaeologists found eight Mu Dun and nine Mu Dun tombs in the royal tombs of the Yue State in Longshan, and made a comprehensive investigation of the four square kilometers area of the tombs of the Yue State in Longshan. In the following years, Yaoshan site, qianshanshang site, Dazhuang site, shandun site, Bijiashan ancient tomb group, shangmashan ancient tomb group and many other surrounding sites and tombs from the spring and Autumn period and Warring States period to the two Jin Dynasties were discovered.

The central site of the ancient city

Anji ancient city was an important area of human civilization in Zhejiang Province from Shang and Zhou Dynasties to Jin Dynasty. It was also the economic and cultural center of Taihu Basin in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River at that time.

Anji ancient city is a very important city site in Jiangnan area during the spring and Autumn period, Warring States period and Qin and Han Dynasties. It is not only because it is in the special position of the communication corridor of eastern and Western culture and the junction of Chu and Yue, but also because it is the regional political center of Jiangnan important economic and cultural place in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in Qin and Han Dynasties Burial customs and other aspects of the situation, is a comprehensive study of the society at that time, focus on reflecting and restoring the ancient history of important information.

Anji ancient city site is located on the river network surrounded by mountains and rivers. It is close to Jiulong Mountain in the south, Bijia mountain in the north and Shangma mountain in the north. It is 650 meters long from east to west and 550 meters wide from north to south. The plane is slightly square. It is high in the southwest and low in the northeast, with a total area of 330000 square meters. The city site is surrounded by earthen walls, most of which are 4-6 meters high. There is a moat on the outside of the original wall, which is surrounded by the ancient city and runs through the water of Tiaoxi. According to the archaeological determination of the accumulation in the city, the city first began in the spring and Autumn period and Warring States period, with rich stratum accumulation and rich connotation. At the same time, it shows that the city site has been used until the two Jin Dynasties, and the status of the city site is quite high. In addition to the cultural layer, there are also ash pits, water wells, brick and tile accumulation and other relics in the ancient city site. In 2013, a total of 129 sites were found in the city, including 102 ash pits, 7 ancient wells, 6 rammed earth areas, 12 ancient rivers and 2 brick and tile accumulations. There are two gates in the ancient city, one is the south gate, which is the land gate in the middle and east of the south wall, and the other is the east gate, which is the water gate in the north of the east wall. The scope and overall plane of the city site are very clear, and most of them are farmland now, without too much damage, and in very good preservation condition.

Ancient city ruins cluster

Anji ancient city site is a large-scale site group with a large radiation area and many branches. It can be divided into multi-level sites, including the central site of the ancient city, the surrounding towns, the three tombs and other military facilities. A large number of sites in different periods, different types and different levels constitute one of the most sites across dynasties.

Many related sites in Anji ancient city

Associated sites: Yaoshan site, Qianshan site, Dazhuang site, shandun site

Tomb sites: Longshan Yue noble tombs (including eight Mu Dun, nine Mu Dun), shangmashan ancient tombs, Bijiashan ancient tombs

Other sites: Niutoushan site, Wangjiadun site, xiaojuesi site

1. Youxiangshan Yaoshan site

Yaoshan site, also known as youxiangshan site, is located 0.85 km away from the center of the ancient city, with a total area of more than 100000 square meters. It began in the spring and Autumn period and was connected with the ancient city. Yaoshan site is a high platform site surrounded by huanhao. The high platform is square with a side length of more than 200 meters and a relative height of about 5 meters. There are 30-130 meters wide trenches around the platform, which are obvious in the East, South and West. Yaoshan site, known as youxiangshan in ancient times, echoes two suspected Prime Minister city sites on the wall mountain (zuoxiangshan), which seems to imply that Anji ancient city is likely to be the capital of the early Yue State.

2. Zuoxiang mountain - the ruins on the wall mountain

The Qiang Shan site, also known as Xiang Shan site, is 3 kilometers away from the central site of the ancient city, covering a total area of 20000 square meters, surrounded by a large circle of walls. Echoing Yaoshan site, the two prime minister level city sites are closely related to the ancient city, which enriches many archaeological connotations of the ancient city.

3. Shandun site

The total area is nearly 400000 square meters. According to the relics collected from drilling and surface, the cultural accumulation of the site is about 1.5 meters thick, and its connotation and age are basically the same as those of the ancient city. During the excavation in 2014, a number of column holes were found, many of which were surrounded by round, square and rectangular column pits, and some of which had column foundation stones at the bottom, and some of which were arranged neatly.

4. The tombs of Yue nobles in Longshan

The tombs of Yue nobles in Longshan are distributed on many ridges, hillsides and hills of the Jiulongshan mountains, reaching the main peak of Jiulongshan in the West,

It extends to Wujiashan in the west of Lixi in the East, Shijiao mountain in the south, the northern foot of Xianglu mountain, and Anji ancient city site in the north. The tombs are 2km away from the central site of the ancient city, covering an area of over 2 million square meters. More than 250 Mound Tombs have been found, which are divided into six burial areas. According to the preliminary archaeological investigation and excavation results, the tombs of the nobles of Yue State in the Warring States Period should be the main one

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