On March 31, under the guidance of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, the 2021 National Top Ten Archaeological New Discoveries Selection sponsored by China Cultural Relics Newspaper and the Chinese Archaeological Society was announced in Beijing, and the site of Mingzhongdu in Fengyang, Anhui Province, was listed. This is after the Guzhen Dawenkou cultural site was selected as the "2009 National Top Ten Archaeological New Discoveries", after 12 years, the Anhui Great Site was once again selected into the annual list. In recent years, reporters from this newspaper have visited the Ming zhongdu site many times to photograph the excavation process and excavated cultural relics. Reporter Xu Minhao photographic report
Phoenix-shaped dripping water excavated from the river channel archaeology at the site of the Outer Jinshui Bridge in Mingzhong. (Photo taken on December 15, 2018)
The Qing Dynasty County School Inscription excavated from the site of the Former Ming Dynasty Palace confirms that the Qing Dynasty County School was once built on the base site of the Ming Zhongdu Palace. (Photo taken on October 14, 2020)
Archaeologists sorted out the character bricks excavated from archaeological excavations at the Mingzhongdu site. (Photo taken on October 14, 2020)
On February 23, archaeological excavations at the ruins of the former ming dynasty palace unearthed a huge stone foundation.
Aerial photograph of the archaeological excavation site of the former ming dynasty palace site in Mingzhongdu on February 23.