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Recently, the selection and promotion of the "100 Archaeological Discoveries in the New Era" exhibition and promotion series jointly carried out by the Chinese Archaeological Society and the China Cultural Relics Newspaper was announced and the list was announced. Hundreds of new archaeological discoveries are distributed in 29 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions such as Beijing, Hebei and Shanxi.
Among them, the ruins of the ancient city of Tongzhou Han Dynasty Road County in Beijing and the Mining and Metallurgical Sites of the Liao Dynasty in Yanqing Dazhuang were selected.
In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty was changed to Lu County
In 2016, the Beijing Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics carried out large-scale archaeological work in Lucheng Town, Tongzhou District, exploring 1.22 million square meters, excavating more than 40,000 square meters, discovering the tomb groups at the site of the ancient city of Han Dynasty Road County and its surroundings, cleaning up 1,146 ancient tombs, and unearthing more than 10,000 pieces (sets) of various cultural relics.
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According to historical records such as the Book of Han, the Notes on the Water Classics, and the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, Lu County was set up in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty and belonged to Yuyang County; Wang Mang changed it to Tonglu Pavilion and belonged to Tonglu County; and in the Eastern Han Dynasty, "Lu" was changed to "Lu County", which was originally called Lu County. The site of the city was the seat of government of Lu (Lu) County during the Two Han Dynasties. The ancient city of Han Dynasty Road County is located in the ancient city village of Lucheng Town.
The plan of the city site is approximately square, the north wall base site is 606 meters long, the east wall base site is 589 meters long, the south wall base site is 575 meters long, and the west wall base site is 555 meters long, with a total area of about 350,000 square meters.
Among them, the remains of the city moat were found about 25-30 meters outside the base site of the city wall, and its direction was roughly the same as that of the corresponding city wall base site, with a width of about 30 meters. In addition to the remains of the Nancheng trench, a large area of Han Dynasty cultural remains was also found.
Fill the academic gap in the archaeology of county-level city sites in the Han Dynasty
Centered on the ancient city of Luxian County, within a radius of 2 kilometers, a large number of tombs from the Warring States to the Ming and Qing dynasties have also been found. In 2016, a total of 1,146 tombs were excavated here, including Warring States- Western Han Tombs, Eastern Han Dynasty - Wei and Jin Tombs, Tang Tombs, Liaojin Tombs, Yuan Dynasty Tombs, and Ming and Qing Tombs. Tombs from the Warring States-Han and Wei dynasties are not only numerous, but also the most abundant in types.
The relevant person in charge said that the discovery of the ruins of the ancient city of Luxian Fills the academic gap in the archaeology of county-level city sites in the Han Dynasty. "The site of the ancient city of Lu county in the Han Dynasty is relatively well preserved, and its shape and size conform to the regulations of the Han Dynasty county in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, and have important historical and archaeological value for exploring the main structure, management mechanism and organizational form of the grass-roots society in the northern region of the Han Empire and the Youji region."
In 2017, the Beijing Municipal Government officially approved the protection of the original site of the ancient city site in Luxian County, the establishment of a heritage park, and the establishment of a supporting museum.
The relevant person in charge said: "The site of the ancient city of Luxian has become the first heritage park established in Beijing with the Han Dynasty city site as the main body, and it is also the first large site in Beijing to be completely protected in the archaeology of urban infrastructure and establish a heritage park, which will greatly promote the in-depth development of archaeology and cultural relics protection in Beijing and even the whole country." ”
The content is from the Beijing City Sub-Center Newspaper
Reporter Zhang Qunchen
WeChat editor Xu Qing