The archaeology of the Liulihe site in Fangshan, Beijing has achieved important results

Beijing, 8 Dec (Xinhua) -- At the Site of Liulihe in Fangshan, Beijing, a copper plaque inscribed with inscriptions has once again been unearthed.

Located in the excavation area of the Liulihe ruins tomb area in Loess Slope Village, Liulihe Town, Fangshan District, the reporter saw the newly excavated copper guithers, which were exquisitely decorated, but the inscription inside the lid and the inscription on the inner sole of the vessel were not consistent.

Wang Jing, the person in charge of the archaeological excavation site at the Liulihe site, introduced that this bronze guither is from the early tombs of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the ornamentation is the same as the ornamentation excavated more than 40 years ago. According to the inscription, the cover and body of these two pieces should have been confused when they were buried, and they were wrong for 3,000 years. It took more than 40 years for the two to reunite.

The excavation of the bronze gui is undoubtedly the biggest highlight of this excavation, which further confirms the name and character system of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

From October to December this year, a joint archaeological team composed of eight units, including the Beijing Municipal Academy of Cultural Heritage, the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and the School of Archaeology and Literature of Peking University, excavated 5 early Western Zhou tombs, 3 housing sites, and 1 suspected outer ring trench in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and unearthed more than 100 pieces of various cultural relics such as bronze, lacquerware, pottery, sea shells, ivory ware, and silk fabric specimens.

Newly unearthed bronze masks, animal-shaped copper ornaments, groups of copper carriages and horses, and hollowed-out bronze ge, exquisite ornamentation and rich details, presenting a variety of cultural factors. The excavation of a number of lacquerware, including triangular grains, beans, etc., is of great significance for the study of the system of burial utensils.

Wang Jing said that the excavation has a number of "firsts": cleaning up a number of previously undiscovered lacquerware and fabric overlap, identifying for the first time the wooden arrow rods and mat patterns of the bronze arrows of the Western Zhou Dynasty in Beijing; successfully extracting the silk fabrics with patterned ornaments in the early Western Zhou Of Beijing for the first time; and accurately restoring the spatial location of each artifact unearthed for the first time, providing rich materials for the restoration of the burial process and funeral system.

Guo Jingning, director of the Archaeology Department of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics, said that the excavation made up for the lack of cultural relics protection technology at the site decades ago. This excavation used the latest surveying and mapping methods, information recording means and cultural relics protection technology to carry out refined excavation of cultural relics. For the first time, a network geographic information system was established at a large site in Beijing, and the whole process of excavation was recorded by video. The excavation results are of great significance for displaying the comprehensive and authentic ancient Yan kingdom, inheriting the chinese national context, and recreating the historical memory of Beijing. (End)