China News Service, Chongqing, January 15th (Reporter Zhong Yi) The reporter learned from the Chongqing Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology on the 15th that the archaeological excavation and cleaning of the Diaoyucheng site in 2022 revealed a batch of unprecedented high-standard architectural remains, which are of great importance. Academic significance and research value.
According to reports, Diaoyu City is located in Hechuan District, Chongqing City, at the confluence of Jialing River, Fujiang River and Qujiang River, covering an area of 2.5 square kilometers.
According to historical records, in 1259 AD, Mongolian Great Khan Mengge came to Diaoyu City.
Under the tenacious resistance of local soldiers, the Mongolian army could not cross the thunder pool half a step.
The defense of Diaoyu City lasted more than 36 years, and it has written a case of defeating the strong with the weak.
Cultural relics and archaeologists have experienced nearly 20 years of archaeological excavation on the Diaoyu City site, revealing its large-depth and multiple defense system relying on the integration of "mountain, water, and city".
According to Hu Limin, a librarian at the Chongqing Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology, according to the "Hechuan Diaoyu City Site Archaeological Work Plan (2021-2025)", the archaeological team deployed exploration squares at the three sites of the Diaoyu City's Huguo Temple, Wudao Yamen and the Imperial Palace6 There are 41 trenches and 41 trenches, and the excavation area is 914 square meters. 33 relics such as city gates, city walls, stone walls, courtyard gates, high platforms, well platforms, water wells, pools, roads, house sites, drainage ditches and ash pits have been newly cleared. More than 300 relics of various types were unearthed.
The picture shows the important relics of the palace ruins.
Photo courtesy of Chongqing Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology
The excavation and cleaning revealed a batch of high-standard architectural remains that have never been seen in the archaeology of the Diaoyucheng site.
The remains of the pier-shaped city gate with the front arch and the rear row of forks, the courtyard gate with a pool in the doorway, and the water well protruding from the ground and surrounded by a high platform are all discovered for the first time, further highlighting the uniqueness and importance of this area.
At the same time, the archaeological team discovered relics such as the eastern inner city wall, inner city gate, pool, and road at the three sites of Huguo Temple, Wudao Yamen, and the Imperial Palace, which filled the gaps in the cultural relics of the Song Dynasty in this area, and laid a solid foundation for the Song and Yuan dynasties of the Diaoyu City. The research on the defense system, partition layout and structure function of war mountain city provides new evidence.
Hu Limin said that the above-mentioned new discoveries play an important role in further darning, bonding and reconstructing the time-space pattern of Diaoyu City, and will also provide new support for the protection of the Diaoyu City site, the construction of a national archaeological site park and the declaration of world cultural heritage.
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