The Ruins of Liulihe are located in Liulihe Town, Fangshan District, and were the capital and first fiefdom of the Yan State during the Western Zhou Dynasty. The site is the earliest source of urban civilization that can be traced back to the Beijing area, and is known as the "source of Beijing City".
In 1974, two large tombs in Liulihe Town, Fangshan District, unearthed the largest bronze viola in Beijing, as well as the Boji mane (commonly known as the bull's head mane), which became the treasure of the capital museum, and the Liulihe ruins entered people's vision, and the veil of Beijing as the capital of the Yan Kingdom was also unveiled by archaeologists.
In 1988, the Liulihe site was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection unit. Since 2019, with the approval of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the organization of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Cultural Heritage, the Beijing Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics, together with Peking University and other units, has restarted the archaeological and research work of the Liulihe site in the new era.
The history of the excavation of the Liuli River runs through 76 years
Bringing together five generations of archaeologists
Recall the story behind the excavations of the Liuli River
Beijing Radio and Television News Channel Center
Work with online platforms such as Beijing time
December 19 (Sunday) 9:00-12:00
Bring webcasts
"2021, New Archaeological Discoveries of Liulihe River"
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