China News Service, Xiongan, March 28 (Reporter Li Xiaowei and Cui Tao) According to news from the Xiongan New District Cultural Relics Protection and Archaeological Work Station of the Hebei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology on the 28th, eight ancient city ruins were confirmed to be discovered in the Xiongan New District, and among them were found A large number of cultural relics.
According to reports, these eight ancient city ruins are Nanyang ruins, Guxian ruins, Chengzi ruins, Xiongzhou ancient city ruins, Anzhou ancient city ruins, Xin'an ancient city ruins, Minzhou city ruins and Guzhou city ruins. The ancient city ruins date from the Warring States period. It lasted until the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Aerial photography of the archaeological excavation site of the Nanyang site in Xiongan New District in October 2023. (Photo courtesy of Xiongan New Area Cultural Relics Protection and Archeology Workstation)
In May 2017, the Xiongan New Area Cultural Relics Protection and Archaeological Work Station was unveiled. So far, staff have carried out 10 special archaeological projects and 23 basic construction archaeological projects in Xiongan New Area, with an exploration area of 6.82 million square meters, an excavation area of more than 20,000 square meters, more than 4,000 cultural relics unearthed, and 263 immovable cultural relics confirmed. These include 8 ancient city ruins.
The archeology of Xiongan New Area began at the Nanyang ruins. Lei Jianhong, head of the Xiongan New Area Cultural Relics Protection and Archaeological Work Station, said that through excavation, it has been basically confirmed that the main cultural connotation of the Nanyang site is the Yan culture from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty to the Han Dynasty. Two Warring States city ruins have been discovered at the site, which are the earliest city ruins discovered in Xiongan so far.
In March 2022, Lei Jianhong showed the copper bubbles unearthed from the Nanyang site in Xiongan New Area (data map). Photo by China News Service reporter Zhai Yujia
In Lei Jianhong’s view, the eight ancient cities that have been confirmed in Xiongan New Area demonstrate the collision, exchange, integration, and development of diverse cultures in Xiongan, creating Xiongan’s spiritual temperament of being “simple, brave,” and “generous and righteous.” social atmosphere and the humanistic quality of “compatible and open”. (over)