Ruins of the Southern Gate of the Palace Wall of the Dragon City in the Sanyan period of the Sixteen States at Chaoyang in Northeast China's Liaoning Province
Period: Sixteen States Period (304-439) Listed in: 2004 Excavated by:
the Cultural Relics and Archeological Research Institute of Liaoning
Province Archeological team leader: Tian Likun
Site description
The site was first discovered in 2003. More than 10,000
square meters was excavated from July 2003 to December 2004, revealing a great
number of cultural relics. The gate facing the
south was initially built in the Former Yan (of the
Sixteen Kingdoms Period) and sank into complete oblivion in the Yuan Dynasty
(1271-1368). It was then underwent construction and reconstruction in the six
dynasties of the Former Yan, Later Northern Yan, Northern Wei (386-534), Tang
(618-907) and Liao (916-1125) and Jin (1115-1234), covering over 1000 years.
This is an archeological finding rarely seen in the excavation of city ruins
in China. The structure of the doorway is well preserved with a unique
architectural style, which has provided archaeologists with substantial material
for the study on city gate in north China in the Sixteen States Period.
Significance
The search for Sanyan's capital city is an important task of the
archeological work of the Sixteen States Period. The unearthed city gate,
located at the northern point of Beijing's central axis, is concluded to be the
south gate of the palatial Dragon City in the Sanyan period, which sheds light
on the research on Dragon City's planning.
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