Minyue King City

Here, you can experience the ancient Minyue culture. First, go to Minyue Royal City Museum. The materials on display in the museum can help you understand this place. Then go to the ruins of the palace of Minyue King City to have a look. In the face of the remaining palace foundation, imagine the vast King City in the past. Finally, go to the ancient Guangdong folk village to enjoy the buildings of ancient residents.

Seoul site in Chengcun

synonym

Minyue King City generally refers to the Han City ruins of Chengcun

The site of Chengcun Seoul, located 1 km southwest of Chengcun, Xingtian Town, Wuyishan City, was discovered in 1958. The palace buildings of Gaohu Nanping and Hubei Ping are known. They are well preserved ancient city sites of Han Dynasty among the ancient city sites found in Fujian Province. They are also relatively complete in Jiangnan area of China. They are one of the three components of Wuyishan World Cultural and natural heritage. They are listed as the ancient Seoul site protection area of Wuyishan World Heritage site. In December 1996, it was listed as the fourth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

The ancient city of Chengcun was built after the establishment of Minyue kingdom. In 202 BC, Liu Bang ascended the throne and established wuzhu as the king of Fujian and Vietnam. Wu Zhu became the first minority vassal of different surnames in the central dynasty of the Western Han Dynasty. After Wu Zhu's death, Yu Shan, the descendant of Wu Zhu, finally engraved the seal of "Emperor Wu" and became emperor himself, sending troops against Han Dynasty. Emperor Hanwu dispatched four armies to besiege Minyue. In order to eliminate the future trouble, Emperor Hanwu ordered the army to burn the city palace of Minyue. Chengcun ancient city and its palaces were destroyed by the army sent by Emperor Wu in the first year of Yuanfeng (110 BC). The Fujian provincial government has set up the Minyue Palace Museum to protect and manage the Minyue Palace site. In order to protect the cultural tourism resources, Wuyishan municipal government has put the urban and rural areas under the unified management of Wuyishan Scenic Area Management Committee, and set up "urban and Rural Scenic Area Management Office of Wuyishan Scenic Area Management Committee" and "Wuyishan Minyue Wangcheng Cultural Tourism Co., Ltd." to cooperate with Fujian Provincial Museum and Minyue Wangcheng museum to take charge of the protection, utilization and exhibition of the area. At present, there are newly built Minyue Palace Museum, Minyue Palace site with rich historical and cultural accumulation and high cultural and historical value, and ancient villages with simple and quiet style and distinctive personality, known as "famous area in the north of the lake". It has become an important scenic spot in Wuyishan Scenic Area.

geographical position

Chengcun site is located in an Intermountain basin southwest of Chengcun, Xingtian Town, Wuyishan City.

Historical origin

In 1959, the Fujian Provincial Cultural Relics Administration Commission made the first excavation of the Seoul site in Chengcun, covering an area of 864 square meters. It found a large-scale building site, 10 ash pits, 391 pieces of pottery, iron and bronze, as well as a large number of pottery and tiles.

In 1980, the Fujian Provincial Museum conducted a comprehensive drilling and excavation of the site in order to fully understand the age, architectural layout and cultural connotation of the site. Since 1981, the excavation work has continued. Drilling excavation shows that the plane of the city site is irregular rectangle. Most of the city walls are built on rolling hills, built on the ridge, and rammed with soil.

Seoul is composed of three groups of East-West hills and gaohuping. The city wall is about 860 meters from north to south, 550 meters from east to west, 2896 meters in circumference, covering an area of 480000 square meters and 25 degrees north by West. The wall is about 6 to 8 meters wide. A few areas outside the wall are steep and most of them have moats. Four gates are located in the south section of the east wall (East Gate), the middle section of the south wall (South Gate), the south section of the west wall (West Gate) and the north section of the east wall (North Gate). On the left and right sides of the east gate, there are two small artificial mounds, commonly known as "Nangang" and "Beigang". Beigang is the site of the temple and altar.

There are well preserved rammed earth walls on the ground. Except for natural deep valleys and depressions, there are generally wall moats. The two gates, located in the south of the city, are connected by a straight road. In the city, there are 4 large-scale building complex sites, 5 iron smelting workshop sites, 15 residential areas, as well as beacon towers, drainage systems, ancient roads, etc.

Architectural sites

There are large-scale building complex sites in the city. It is known that there are palaces in Gaohu Nanping and Hubei Ping, xiasigang and madaogang. The largest building in Gaohu Nanping, covering an area of 20000 square meters, is composed of three parts: vestibule, middle palace and backyard.

The vestibule is rectangular in plane. It is 75 meters long in the East and 30.5 meters wide in the South and North. The ground in the middle is flat. It is surrounded by a sidewalk paved with pattern bricks. Outside the court, there are wing rooms in the East, West and south, two gates in the south, and the north is connected with the palace.

The main hall is located in the middle of the two halls, 24.7 meters deep and 37.4 meters wide, covering an area of about 930 square meters. The walls are plastered with grass and mud, and then whitewashed. Some of the painted paintings remain. The floor is paved with stone foundation and cross wood frame, and the wood floor is 0.4m higher than the ground. The West Hall covers an area of 450 square meters. The ground structure is the same as that of the main hall in the middle. They are all built with wooden floors higher than the ground, and they are all dry column buildings. Most of the East Hall has been destroyed in the later period, only one pool is left, which is symmetrical with the courtyard of the West Hall. The backyard is located at the back of the main hall and the side hall. The ground is low and the plane is long and narrow. The main buildings are veranda, steps connecting the main hall and the side hall, roads, wells and other facilities.

Introduction to tourism

Gaohuping in the city is the central building area of Seoul. A group of large-scale palace building sites, including the main hall, side chamber, courtyard, patio, drainage ditch, etc., are exposed. They are well preserved and unearthed a large number of pottery, iron, bronze and so on. Its shapes include pot, basin, bowl, ampule, pot, cup, iron spear, iron sword, copper arrowhead, crossbow machine, etc. According to the conclusion of the archaeological team, the beginning of the construction of Chengcun Seoul may be as early as the early Western Han Dynasty, that is, the reign of Minyue state, and its lower limit may be extended to the end of the Western Han Dynasty or the early Eastern Han Dynasty. Its rise and fall are closely related to the rise and fall of Minyue nationality.

Chengcun ancient Seoul site is located in the south of the city, 35 kilometers away from Chengguan. It is one of the three parts of Wuyishan World Cultural and natural heritage. It is listed as the ancient Seoul site protection area of Wuyishan World Heritage site. In December 1996, it was listed as the fourth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

Cultural relics protection

Discovered in 1958, Chengcun Seoul site is the fourth batch of national key cultural relics protection units approved by the State Council in 1997. It is a well preserved ancient city site of Han Dynasty among the discovered ancient city sites in Fujian Province. It is also a relatively complete one in Jiangnan area of China. It has become an important scenic spot in Wuyishan Scenic spot. Wuyishan people are always proud to say that this is a double world heritage and cultural heritage. People all know Zhu Xi and Ziyang Academy. In addition, they strongly recommend Xiamei village. But when I was drinking tea, I knew that there were relics of Fujian and Guangdong dynasties of Han Dynasty nearby, which I was fascinated by for a moment. When Lao Jiang went back, Xiao Ping rented a car and found another friend, Officer Lin, to serve as a guide. The driver, Xiao Zuo, went to ancient Seoul in the cold early in the morning. He shook his head and said that it was not fun and there was nothing to see.

The value of going early is that they don't have to pay the part of the ticket they think is very unworthy. It's a fine morning, it's foggy. Jianxi is steaming like a hot spring, and the leaves are frosting far and near. All the way through the fog, through the place where Officer Lin works, a lonely house and farm. See the ancient Seoul road sign turn into the path, the fog is thicker, but not the destination.

Main features

Dark red gate, the shadow of grass and low wall behind. Except for the morning fog, we should be the first guests. It's quiet all around, and a cobblestone road extends to a distant time. This morning is a little warmer than yesterday, frost only on the edge of the leaves, all the plants are inlaid with a white. This is a small Royal City built by the people of Fujian and Guangdong who helped Liu Bang fight for his ambition. In the middle of the city, palaces were built on the hills, watchtowers on both sides and surrounded by water. It is obviously on the defensive. However, the city finally broke down, leaving only a few remnants. Surrounded by thick fog, I ascended to the base of the palace. I didn't see the watchtowers on both sides, only a few ancient city bricks under the glass plate. There are geothermal pipes for heating in the hall, as well as baths heated by this pipe. Although it is only a small group, the royal family has never forgotten these comforts under the cloud of war.

Under the palace is an ancient well. There is still water to drink. Next to it is a test report. It is also "mine water" with considerable mineral content. There are many floating objects in half a bucket of water, which is said to be sweet. There is a big sign beside the well Pavilion, which says the first well in China. Ruins, weeds and thick fog, the atmosphere is killing. The sunlight was already very weak, the road was not far away, and the sound seemed to be isolated. Still walking along the cobblestone road, it is said that there are many snakes here in summer.

According to the ancient architectural style, the walls are not brick, but "concrete" walls made of stone, sand, glutinous rice and so on. Although modern life has occupied this ancient village for a long time, there are still some mud walls of the former style. There is a small stage in one corner, empty, only one old man is basking in the sun. Seeing me take a picture, he walked away without looking up. Life in the village has obviously just begun, and the clear air is full of people's breath.

City and village roads are narrow, paved with cobblestones, with a stone slab in the middle for unicycles to pass through, and the roadside is a canal that flows through every household. See a yard with a unicycle, rashly into the test push, actually can balance. Put back to see the master on the roof, busy doing some mud tile work. Officer Lin is familiar with the road, three around two around the village. Under the archway, a few people are basking in the sun, and a few dogs are lazy

Chinese PinYin : Min Yue Wang Cheng