Capital of Kingdomof Cao Wei, Hou Zhou, and other kingdoms

Location:Linzhang County,Hebei Province

Period: 204- 580

Excavated from 1983 to the present

Significance

It has provided precious material objects for the study of the economic, cultural, military, religious, and technological developments of the city.

Introduction

Tile-end with 4 characters, meaning "long live Great Zhao": piece of building (mid, diameter 15 cm); Tile-end with 4 characters, meaning "wealth, honor and long life": piece of building (bottom, diameter 14.5 cm); Stone head of chi (a footless dragon): piece of building (up, length 1.92 m)

Situated on the banks of theZhangheRiverand 18 kilometers to the north ofAnyangCityat present, the Yecheng City Site is one important of ancient capitals. After the extinction of the Shang Dynasty in the 11th century B.C., this place rose again 1,500 years ago and became the political, economic and cultural center ofChina.

From the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the city experienced the period of the 16 States of the Western Jin and Eastern Jin dynasties and the Northern and Southern dynasties, and there were 6 dynasties as the Cao Wei, the Later Zhao, the Ran Wei, the Former Yan, the Eastern Wei and the Northern Qi established their capitals here, which lasted 126 years. In 580, Yecheng was destroyed and moved south toAnyangCity, soAnyangwas also called Ye.

YechengCitywas first built in the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476BC). TheNorth Yechengwas built in the Cao Wei Dynasty, 3.5 kilometers from east to west and 2.5 kilometers from north to south with 7 gates for the outer city wall and 4 gates for the inner. TheSouth Yechengwas built by the Eastern Wei. A lot of luxurious buildings likeTaijiPalace,ZhaoyangPalace,XianduGardenand so on were increased.

Unfortunately, at present, a lot of precious relics in the Yecheng City Site have disappeared.