Jiaqu Houguan site

The Houguan site of Jiaqu, commonly known as the broken city, is located in the Gobi desert between Nalin River and Yiken River, 24 kilometers south of Ejina Banner. It was the garrison of Jiaqu, the Western defense line of juyanduwei in Han Dynasty. Before excavation, most of the site was covered by gravel. 300 meters to the west, the north and South are lined with "one" - shaped beacons and relics of double walls.

Pochengzi is 24 kilometers south of dalaihubu. Along the road, there are occasionally one or two fuzzy beacon ruins blocked by wire. After passing a sluice, when crossing the Nalin River, the road looks like a floating bridge floating on the river. The pillow shaped Earth City in the photo is right in front of you. That is the official yamen of "jiaquhou", the head of jiaqusai, the Western defense line of juyanduwei in the Han Dynasty.

At first glance, it's just an ordinary earth pit. But more than 30 years ago, the most complete Han Dynasty feather arrow in China was unearthed here. It's 67 cm long and the three edged copper arrowhead is extremely sharp. The book of swords and swords compiled from Han bamboo slips is highly praised by later martial arts masters, and has the style of "martial arts secret collection". There are countless iron armor, windlass, currency, iron farming tools, net pendant, hunting tools, wooden column bucket, wood painting, bamboo flute and so on, not to mention the priceless Juyan bamboo slips. Touching the Zhangqiang wall made of three layers of adobe and a layer of Achnatherum splendens, the vague complex of Han and Tang Dynasties suddenly overflowed.

Marquis site of Jiaqu

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Jiaqu Houguan site is generally Jiaqu Houguan site

The Houguan site of Jiaqu, also known as the broken city, is located in the Gobi desert between Nalin River and Yiken River, 24km south of dalaikubu town. It has a history of more than 2000 years. More than ten thousand Han bamboo slips were unearthed at the site, and the Jiaqu Houguan site is famous for this. The discovery and research of Han bamboo slips provide a lot of historical materials for the study of human history in this area. The so-called waiting officer is the officer in charge of investigating and spying. "Zizhitongjian · the first year of emperor Qi Gaodi's Jianyuan" says: "when there are thousands of waiting for the palace, the felony is not listed, and the misdemeanor is not listed. It's better to know it." Hu Sansheng notes: "Wei Taizu set up a waiting officer to serve inside and outside."

Jiaqu Houguan site (broken city)

The Houguan site of juyanjiaqu is a 47.5 × 45.5-meter castle with rammed earth walls of 2 meters thick. The gate is to the south of the east wall, and there is a curved gate wall outside. In the hospital, there are rooms and warehouses. One of them is 5 × 8 meters, which should be the residence of marquis. Outside the northwest corner of the city, a small castle is built, 23.3 meters square, with adobe walls of 4.5 meters thick, opening the door to the city. Inside the fort, a house was built on the west wall, and there was a way to the top of the wall. Under the wall, there was a pillar with a bucket, indicating that there was a large defensive lookout building on the top of the small fort.

Before excavation, most of the site was covered by gravel. 300 meters to the west, the north and South are lined with "one" - shaped beacons and relics of double walls.

Excavation site

In 1930, the northwest scientific research group excavated more than 5000 Han bamboo slips. In 1974, Juyan archaeological team in Gansu Province carried out excavation. The barrier is a Adobe square fort with a base of 23.3 square meters, a thickness of 4-4.5 meters and a residual height of 4.6 meters. The structure is made of three layers of adobe with a layer of Achnatherum splendens. The grass layer spacing is 45 cm. The door is in the southeast corner. There are steps on both sides of the barrier to reach the top of the city. The building was destroyed in the fire.

The barrier wall in the north of the dock is 47.5 x 45.5 meters in square. The rammed earth wall is 1.8-2 meters thick and the residual height is about 0.9 meters. The wall is plastered with grass mud and white ash. The dock gate is on the east wall, and there is a curved wall outside, which looks like an urn city. Within 3 meters around the dock, there are four rows of pointed wooden piles, which are called "huluo" in historical books and pamphlets. The female wall on the top of the dock is embedded with "zhuanshe". There are 37 houses in the dock. A total of 3434 pieces of civil engineering were produced in the barrier dock. 50 meters south of the dock, there is a square rammed earth platform, a full-time gap watchpost waiting for officials. There are 3222 pieces of bamboo slips and 739 pieces of objects unearthed from the ashes pile in Wudong. Together with other unearthed cultural relics, there are 6865 pieces of bamboo slips and 881 pieces of objects. Important ones are bow and arrow, copper chain, revolver, iron armor, windlass, currency, iron farming tools, net pendant, hunting tools, wooden column bucket, wood painting, bamboo flute, etc. The wooden slips are as strong as new, and the handwriting is clear. The complete arrow, shaft and feather are rare. The vast Gobi of Ejina is full of soul shaking power. It solidifies the back of the ancient dynasties of Han, Jin, Xixia and Dayuan with dust. It feels so close and so far away.

Among these unearthed cultural relics, "Juyan Han bamboo slips" brought the most honor to Ejina. Before 1930, the northwest scientific research group excavated more than 5000 Han bamboo slips from the Marquis of Jiaqu, which is called "broken city" by the local people. In 1972, the Gansu Provincial Institute of cultural relics and Archaeology also made a comprehensive excavation here, and unearthed more than 7000 Han bamboo slips, such as "Fenghuo pinyue", "Marquis of Jiaqu pleading guilty" and so on.

Address: 24km south of Ejina Banner

Longitude: 101.37400054932

Latitude: 41.443801879883

Traffic information: located 24 kilometers south of Ejina Banner, you can drive or charter a car

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