Jimo ancient city site

Jimo ancient city site

Jimo ancient city, also known as Zhumao city and Kangwang City, is located in dazhumao village, Guxian Town, about 30 kilometers away from Pingdu City. It was named Jimo because of the ancient ink river. It was once the capital of Jiaodong and a famous political, economic and cultural center in the east of Qi. Jimo ancient city site, built in the spring and Autumn period, abandoned in the Sui kaihuang 16 years. The existing Jimo ancient city site is the Jiaodong King City of the Western Han Dynasty. There are wall remains on the ground, which are divided into inner city and outer city. During the period of the Republic of China, a cave of ancient coins was unearthed. In 1986, 28 kg of "Yanming sword coins" were unearthed, including crossbow machine, bronze boat, sword, dagger, knife and coins.

In 1984, the site of Jimo ancient city was listed as a municipal cultural relic protection unit by Qingdao municipal government. In 1992, the people's Government of Shandong Province announced that it was a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit.

The site of Jimo ancient city was announced as the fifth batch of national cultural relics protection units by the State Council in 2001.

Historical evolution

Jimo ancient city site is located in dazhumao village, Guxian Town, about 30 kilometers away from Pingdu City. It is named Jimo because of the ancient ink river. In the Warring States period, it belonged to Qi City, and in the Qin Dynasty, it was set up as a county. In the Western Han Dynasty, it was the capital of Jiaodong state, and it was also called "King Kang City" because it was the capital of King Kang of Jiaodong state. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jiaodong and Jimo were divided. Jimo county was abolished in the seventh year of Tianbao in the Northern Qi Dynasty (556 AD), and the city gradually collapsed.

Jimo ancient city Jimo ancient city is the capital of Qi in the spring and autumn and Warring States period. Because the city is near ink, it is called Jimo; later generations set up Zhumao village because of the city. In the sixth year of Xianggong (567 BC) in Zuozhuan: "in November, the Marquis of Qi destroyed Lai", it was built in the original Lai state, with mountains in the north and Jieju in the south. Tianqi set up the capital and granted the important officials the title of Jimo doctor. In the spring and Autumn period, Zhu Mao, a senior official of Qi Dynasty, once lived here, so it was commonly known as "Zhu Mao City"; later, it was also known as "Kang Wang City" because Liu Ji, king of Kang in the Western Han Dynasty, was granted it.

Late spring and Autumn Period

Jimo ancient city was built in the late spring and Autumn period, and developed into the political, economic and cultural center of the eastern Qi (today's Jiaodong Peninsula) in the Warring States period. According to records of the historian Tian Jingzhong's family, the king of Qi Wei's destruction of Jimo's doctor by his left and right side was "to make people regard Jimo". He saw that "the fields were open, the people gave, the officials had nothing to do, and the East was peaceful". He knew that Jimo's doctor didn't care about his left and right side in order to gain fame, because he was "granted ten thousand families".

At the time of King Hua of Qi, Leyi broke through more than 70 cities of Qi, but Juhe Jimo did not go down. Tiandan walked peacefully, kept Jimo, and set up a fire ox array to break the Yan army with Jimo, so as to recover Qi's lost territory. This is the famous "Tian Dan Po Yan" event in history. Qin destroyed the six states and established Jiaodong county with Jimo City as the county.

Xiang Yu divided Qi into three parts, with ancient Jimo City as its capital and Jiaodong state as its capital. In the early period of the Western Han Dynasty, three letters were sent to Jiaodong king, Kang King Liu Ji and his descendants until the end of the Western Han Dynasty. After the Eastern Han Dynasty, Wei Jin, Sixteen States, until the Northern Qi Dynasty Tianbao seven years (556) Jimo waste county. In 596, the 16th year of kaihuang reign of Sui Dynasty, Jimo county was rebuilt and moved to the old Buqi County, which is now the urban area of Jimo.

Layout structure

The existing Jimo ancient city site is the Jiaodong King City of the Western Han Dynasty. There are wall remains on the ground, which are divided into inner city and outer city. The outer city is 5 kilometers long from north to South and 2.5 kilometers wide from east to west; the east city wall remains more than 1000 meters, and the city base is about 40 meters wide and 5 meters high. There are still some relics in the city, such as "Jinluan hall", "dressing house", "Dianjiang platform" and "fish pond". Precious cultural relics have been unearthed from the underground of Jimo ancient city.

During the period of the Republic of China, a cave of ancient coins with as many as 20 carts were unearthed.

In the winter of 1986, a total of 28 kg of "Yanming character Dao coin" was unearthed. In addition, there are crossbow machine, bronze boat, sword, Ge, Dao, coin, etc.

Cultural relics

The old city is divided into inner city and outer city. The outer city is about 5 kilometers long from north to South and 2.5 kilometers wide from east to west. The remains of the city wall are more than 1000 meters, the width of the city foundation is about 40 meters, and the height is about 5 meters, all of which are made of rammed earth plates. In the inner city, there are relics such as Jinluan hall, dianjiangtai, dongxicang, storage bay, fish pond, dressing house, etc. Bronze and iron artifacts are often unearthed around the ancient city. On the mountains to the north of the old city, there are more than 400 ancient tombs winding more than 30 Li. The number of tombs and the height of tombs are rare. At that time, the Yunliang River (today's Xiaogu River) was able to enter the storage bay directly through the southeast gate cave, and there is still a gap in the city wall.

Jimo City is known as "Zhumao City, Linzi soil". It is said that all the bricks and tiles used to build the city wall were handed over by hand from Linzi. Local "Erzhen Temple", "Xixin River" and other legends similar to Meng Jiangnu reflect the people's psychology of being unable to endure hard labor at that time. Cultural relics such as bronze francs, crossbows, swords, swords, coins, iron coins, etc. are often unearthed around the old city wall.

Cultural relics protection

In 1984, the site of Jimo ancient city was listed as a municipal cultural relic protection unit by Qingdao municipal government.

In 1992, the people's Government of Shandong Province announced that it was a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit.

In 2001, the State Council announced it as the fifth batch of national cultural relics protection units.

Tombs in the old city

Jimo ancient city is the capital and fiefdom of many emperors and marquis in history. It is a famous city in Jiaodong. For more than 1000 years.

Before and after, there were eight kings, six Marquises and one prime minister. Most of the tombs of these princes and nobles were built on the Liuqu mountains, about 10 kilometers away from the ancient city of Jimo, forming a large-scale and magnificent ancient tomb group liuqushan ancient tomb group. Liuqushan ancient tombs, starting from Longhu Mountain in the East and ending at Konglong mountain in the west, meander for nearly 15 kilometers. There are more than 360 tombs on more than 30 mountain tops of more than 10 villages in Guxian, Yunshan and Malan towns, most of which are Han Dynasty tombs, including more than 20 large tombs, more than 60 medium tombs and the rest small tombs. One of the largest is the tomb of King Kang, the son of emperor Jing of the Western Han Dynasty. The head of the tomb is larger than the hill. It is located on the top of the mountain. There are drainage holes at the bottom. All of them are made of stone. The ruins still exist. The whole tomb covers an area of about 20-30 mu. It is in the shape of "convex" with narrow top and wide bottom. The height of the tomb is more than 40 meters.

According to the field research, when the Kangwang tomb was built, the top of the hill was leveled to the ground. After deep excavation and burial, the huge hill was piled up according to the mountain trend. On the top of the hill, there was a flat plot, about 100 meters long and 80 meters wide.

Keep it intact

Around neat, square, some farmers have been planting seasonal crops. The tomb is located on the top of the mountain. The soil is hard and solid, which is very different from the natural mountain. A Kangwang tomb is bigger than a hill, which shows the size of the tomb and the richness of underground treasures. There has always been a saying among the people that "if you open the tomb of King Kang, Shandong will not be poor.".

Kangling temple is built in front of the hill slope of Kangwang tomb. According to contemporary villagers, Kangling temple was built in the Han Dynasty, more than 2000 years ago. It was rebuilt in 1775, the 40th year of the reign of Emperor Qianlong. There are magnificent plaques, grand mountain gates, bell towers with monks striking bells, and sandalwood burning incense in front of the Buddha Hall. It is divided into two chambers, the East chamber for monks and the west chamber for nuns. It is divided into two halls, the front chamber for nuns and the back chamber for nuns. There are four heavenly kings and eight statues of Vajra in the front chamber, which are lifelike. There are five living Buddhas in the west chamber and eighteen Arhats in the back chamber, which are lifelike. This temple flourishes in the world and is famous for hundreds of miles.

Unfortunately, in 1941, it was demolished by Li Deyuan's department.

Liuqushan ancient tomb group was announced as a provincial key cultural relics protection unit in 1978. In 2001, it was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

Address: dazhumao village, Guxian Town, Pingdu City, Qingdao

Longitude: 120.87652294338

Latitude: 36.580181121826

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