Camel City tombs

Camel City tombs

Luotuocheng tombs are located in luotuocheng, Gaotai County, Gansu Province. They are distributed in the Gobi in the south, West and north of luotuocheng site. There are sealed mounds on the surface. Among them, the tombs in the south of the city are 9 km from east to west and 3 km from north to south, covering an area of 27 square kilometers. There are more than 2000 earth mounds on the surface, and some tombs are surrounded by tomb circles and gate ruins. There are conglomerate cave tombs and brick chamber tombs. There are 23 large rammed Mound Tombs in the southwest of camel City, covering an area of 9 km.

information

Ancient tombs of national key cultural relics protection units of material and cultural heritage v-9 of camel City tombs in Gansu Province

brief introduction

Camel City tombs, a national key cultural relics protection unit, are the ancient tombs of Han and Tang Dynasties. Luotuocheng tombs are located in luotuocheng, Gaotai County, Gansu Province,

It is distributed in the Gobi in the south, West and north of luotuocheng site. There are sealed mounds on the surface. Among them, the tombs in the south of the city are 9 km from east to west and 3 km from north to south, covering an area of 27 square kilometers. There are more than 2000 earth mounds on the surface, and some tombs are surrounded by tomb circles and gate ruins. There are conglomerate cave tombs and brick chamber tombs. There are 23 large rammed Mound Tombs in the southwest of camel City, covering an area of 9 km.

Camel city site

It is the fourth batch of national key cultural relics protection units announced by the State Council in November 1996. It is located 20 kilometers southwest of Gaotai County. It is a rectangle with a total area of 307700 square meters. The city walls, corner piers, enemy platforms and urn cities are complete, and the outline is complete. It is the largest and most complete Han and Tang ancient site in China.

history

Camel city ruins and tombs are located in Gaotai County, between Gansu and Suzhou in ancient times, which is the hub of the silk road. It was first built in the late Eastern Han Dynasty,

It is a county named Jiuquan county. During the Wei, Jin, southern and Northern Dynasties, it was ruled by Jiankang County in Hexi, where the Beiliang regime originated. In the Tang Dynasty, Jiankang army was set up here to supply the silk road. Zhang Shouli, a famous general, was once an envoy of Jiankang army. According to the six classics of the Tang Dynasty, "there were fifteen villages in Jiankang county at that time. After the Anshi rebellion, in the first year of Daizong Dali (766), Ganzhou and Suzhou fell into Tubo, and the Jiankang army fell and was abolished. From Han Dynasty to Tang Dynasty, camel City flourished in history, and then gradually declined. At present, there is a distribution pattern with the ancient city as the center, surrounded by tombs, ancient sites, farming areas and protection projects. Camel city site is divided into two cities, North and south. 1500 meters southeast of the site, there are large tombs covering an area of 50 square kilometers from Han Dynasty to Tang Dynasty. About 34 earth sealed tombs with rammed earth tables are distributed in an area of about 2 square kilometers 1.5 kilometers southwest of the site. They are large in scale and unique in shape. They were once mistakenly called "dianjiangtai" in the local chronicles. Two kilometers north of the site, there are nine sites, arranged in an arc, reflecting the development of local handicraft industry and the prosperity of urban construction.

Address: Yongsheng Village, luotuocheng Town, Gaotai County, Gansu Province

Longitude: 99.62744304701

Latitude: 39.35198773755