In late August 2022, in the early autumn season, at the excavation site of the Nanzuo site on the plateau of Nanzuo Village, Xifeng District, Qingyang City, Gansu Province, Han Jianye, the head of the archaeological excavation project at the Nanzuo site and a professor at Renmin University of China, led the staff and students of the archaeological team They are busy and orderly in a number of archaeological excavations.

　　The palace area of ​​Nanzuo Ruins is the earliest center-symmetrical and central-axis-symmetrical architecture discovered in China so far. Is this the source of the "Forbidden City"-style classical architecture?

Located on the Loess Plateau in the northwest, why is there a large amount of carbonized rice remains unearthed 5,000 years ago in the sacrificial area of ​​the Nanzuo site?

The core area of ​​the Nanzuo site is surrounded by 9 large rammed earth platforms in an inverted "U" shape. What is the relationship between this and the Huangdi tribe in the legend of Longdong?

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　　At the excavation site of the Nanzuo site, Professor Han Jianye said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Agency that the Nanzuo site has been initially determined to have an overall area of ​​about 6 million square meters, and the core area is enclosed by 9 large rammed earth platforms symmetrically distributed in an inverted "U" shape With an area of ​​about 300,000 square meters, it is one of the largest settlement sites in China dating from about 5,200 to 4,600 years ago in the late Yangshao culture.

Among them, the central hall of the palace area has a construction area of ​​more than 800 square meters and an indoor area of ​​630 square meters. It is the largest and best-preserved palace building from 5,000 years ago that has been discovered by Chinese archaeology. It is also the largest single unit with the largest indoor area in the same period. architecture.

　　Han Jianye said that the construction of the entire Nanzuo site has undergone unified planning and strict design. Its 5,000-year-old palace has a rigorous structure, a large scale, and is well-preserved. The progressive palace pattern can be called the source of the Forbidden City-style classical architecture.

At present, the excavation, research and other work of the Nanzuo site are "in progress", and the puzzles left by the ancestors of Nanzuo 5,000 years ago are waiting to be solved.

(Reporter Sun Zifa produced Sui Zhiyuan)

Responsible editor: [Ji Xiang]