There have been many new discoveries in the archaeological community in the past 2021, and a number of major discoveries have been selected by the Chinese Archaeological Society, which vividly show the long-standing and profound culture of the mainland as an ancient civilization in the world. Let's take stock for everyone.
Anhui Fengyang Mingzhongdu ruins, Mingzhong are the capital city built by Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang in his hometown of Fengyang. Hongwu was built in the second year (1369), and six years later, when it was abolished on the grounds of "labor fee", it had begun to take shape as a capital city. The site of the castle consists of three castle walls and covers an area of 50 square kilometers. The city walls, palaces, altar temples, central official offices, military facilities, together with the road network, water system, kiln sites and stone factories at the time of the founding of the city, constitute a huge group of Mingzhongdu ruins. In 1982, its core part, the Ming Zhongdu Imperial Ancient City, was announced as the second batch of national key cultural relics protection units, and in 2017, it was announced as the third batch of national archaeological site parks.
Ruins of Ming Zhongdu
Ruins of the old city walls
Xinjiang Yuli Kek Kuduk Beacon Site, Xinjiang Yuli Kek Kuduk Beacon Site is located in the desert of Xinjiang Yuli County, is one of the four towns in Anxi in the Tang Dynasty, Yanqi Town belongs to the military facilities, confirming the tang Dynasty's effective rule over the western region. On March 26, 2021, it was selected as "New Archaeological Discoveries in China"
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Sichuan Daocheng Pirao Ruins, Sichuan Daocheng Piros Ruins, also known as Sichuan Daocheng County Pyrro Paleolithic Ruins, located in Daocheng County, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, with an average altitude of more than 3750 meters, located on the third-level terraces of the Pinghe River, a second-class tributary of the Jinsha River. The site is about 2,000 meters long from north to south, about 500 meters wide from east to west, and has a total area of about 1 million square meters, which is a large Paleolithic wilderness site found in the Western Sichuan Plateau.
Excavation site of the Pirao site in Daocheng, Sichuan
Part of the ruins of Pilo remains of Ashel
Dna sample extraction from ancient artifacts at the Pirao site
Sichuan Guanghan Sanxingdui Site Sacrifice Area, On March 20, 2021, more than 500 important cultural relics were excavated from the six newly discovered "sacrifice pits" in the archaeological work of the Sanxingdui site, of which ivory was found in 3 pits. A tusk weighing more than 100 kilograms in pit 4 was extracted intact. Sanxingdui "sacrifice pit" unearthed a large number of important cultural relics, the well-preserved east, west and south walls and the inner wall of Moon Bay, but the area that has been excavated so far accounts for only about 2% of the total area of the site. On May 28, 2021, Sanxingdui newly discovered 6 "sacrifice pits" excavations have been very fruitful, as of now, Sanxingdui newly discovered 6 "sacrifice pits" have produced more than 1,000 important cultural relics. In addition, the Sanxingdui site will be declared a world cultural heritage site in conjunction with the Jinsha site and accelerate the construction of the Sanxingdui National Heritage Park. On September 9, the Third Pit and No. 4 Pit in the Sacrifice Area of the Sanxingdui Site were rediscovered and other major archaeological achievements.
Sacrifices from the Sanxingdui site in Guanghan, Sichuan, were unearthed
Unearthed gold masks
Gansu Wuwei Tang Dynasty Tuguhun Royal Family Tomb Group, Gansu Wuwei Tang Dynasty Tuguhun Royal Family Tomb Group is located in the southwest of Wuwei City, Gansu Province, located in the northern foothills of Qilian Mountain, mainly distributed in wuwei Nanshan District, Binggou River and Dashui River on the north bank of the north bank of the middle and lower reaches of the Dashui River. In recent years, the Tuguhun Archaeological Project Team has been established under the leadership of the Gansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, and the archaeological and cultural relics protection and research work on the tomb group has been carried out continuously.
Excavate and clean up the martyrs in the cemetery
Martyrs in the cemetery
Henan Nanyang Huangshan Ruins, Henan Nanyang Huangshan Ruins are located in the northeast of Nanyang City, Henan Province, Wolong District, Pushan Town, Huangshan Village, south of the Baihe River, distributed in a five-level terrace composed of 17 meters high on and around the small tushan mountain. The Huangshan Ruins in Nanyang, Henan Is a central settlement site with distinctive characteristics of Neolithic Yangshao, Qujialing and Shijiahe jade ware making.
Tomb of the Clan King
Shandong Tengzhou Gangshang Ruins, Shandong Tengzhou Gangshang Ruins, the site is located in Tengzhou City, Shandong Province, Dongshahe Street Chengang Village east of the two banks of the River, according to the river and highway can be divided into east, west and south three parts. From 018 to 2019, the Shandong Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology conducted a comprehensive and systematic exploration of the site. The site is irregular in plane, inverted boot shape, with a maximum span of 1500 meters from east to west and 1000 meters from north to south, with a total area of about 800,000 square meters. The site era is dominated by the middle and late Dawenkou culture, and there are also some remnants of the Eastern Zhou and Han Dynasties. From September 2020 to January 2022, the Shandong Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology excavated the site for two consecutive years, with a total excavation area of about 1,100 square meters. Extremely rich remnants of the late middle and late Dawenkou culture have been found, including a circle of rammed earth walls and trenches, 31 tombs, 7 housing sites and a large number of column pits or pillar holes related to the housing site.
Pottery excavated from the burial area
Large synth tombs in the burial area
Xi'an Jiangcun Tomb, Shaanxi, Shaanxi Xi'an Jiangcun Tomb, located in Shaanxi. Jiangcun Tomb is located on the eastern outskirts of Xi'an city, on the Bailu Plain, about 2,000 meters north of the "Phoenix Mouth" that was handed down as the tomb of Emperor Wen of Han. According to the literature, it can be confirmed that the Jiangcun Tomb is the tomb of the Han Wen Emperor.
The "Phoenix Mouth" of the Han Dynasty Emperor's Tomb
Animal skeletons unearthed
Horse bones unearthed
Over the past hundred years, several generations of archaeologists have made unremitting efforts to make a series of major archaeological discoveries, showing the origin, development context, brilliant achievements and major contributions to world civilization of Chinese civilization, and playing an important role in better understanding the long-standing and profound Chinese civilization.