Qiucheng site

Qiucheng site

Located at the entrance of Huzhou Taihu Lake Tourist Resort, it is one of the three cities (Qiucheng, Pengcheng and Wucheng) built by the state of Wu during the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period.

Introduction to scenic spots

Located in xiaomeikou, Baique Township, 9 kilometers north of Huzhou City. Qiu city is built on the mountain. There are two walls of slightly equal scale connecting the north and the south, which respectively enclose two hills (both named Qiu Chengshan). The wall is rammed with soil and connected in the shape of "Lu". According to the records of Huzhou Prefecture by Tongzhi of the Qing Dynasty, Qiucheng was "one of the three cities built by Wu in the spring and Autumn Period" (Qiucheng, Pengcheng and Wucheng).

Landscape introduction

In the East, South and southwest of Qiucheng, there are Neolithic sites, so it is called Qiucheng site, with a total area of about 30000 square meters, divided into upper, middle and lower cultural layers. The lower level, about 6000 years ago, belongs to Majiabang culture. This floor is a large architectural relic. The main tools of production are stone tools, and the most characteristic tools are the arched axe on the back and the piercing axe with oblique tongue surface blade. There are also many bone tools, such as chisels, pestles and needles. Living utensils are mainly made of red pottery with sand and clay. It is shaped like a waist shaped cauldron, a cauldron shaped tripod, a trumpet shaped round foot bean, a pottery pot with a pair of ox nose shaped ears on the abdomen, and animal remains such as cattle, deer, pigs and fish.

The middle class, about 5000 years ago, belongs to the Songze culture. The stone tools are mainly made of flat perforated ten thousand axes and long strip shaped stone pounds. Most of the living utensils are black pottery, including Ding, Dou, (upper and lower dishes), can, cup, solution, barrel shaped utensils, etc., with regular shapes, and some with round and triangular patterns of holes.

In 1957, the rammed earth was found with impression pottery, primitive celadon, red pottery, black pottery, stone tools, bronze arrowheads, yuwangfu, Yuhuang and so on. In the upper layer of the cultural accumulation in the southeast of Qiucheng mountain, there are unearthed relics such as pottery tripod with sand rope pattern, triangular oblique handle stone earth breaker, and a section of stone on the arc back.

Qiucheng site belongs to Majiabang type. On March 11, 1963, Zhejiang Provincial People's government announced it as a provincial key cultural relics protection unit. On April 13, 1981, it was re announced as a key cultural relic protection unit in Zhejiang Province.

Archaeology

Archaeologists have investigated and excavated the Qiucheng site for many times, and found out that its total area is about 30000 square meters, which can be divided into three cultural layers: upper, small and lower. Its small lower layer is overlapped at the bottom, about 6000 years ago, belonging to Majiabang culture. It is not only the earliest stratum in the site, but also the most abundant stratum. A large architectural relic was found in this layer. Its living surface was made of sand, clam shell, snail shell and rammed on it. There were two rows of column holes with four eyes in each row. There were wooden columns in the hole, and a wooden board named "Kai" was padded at the bottom of the column. It is speculated that it may be the drainage ditch around the original house with wooden frame and grass roof. It is a drainage and moisture-proof measure taken to adapt to the environment of the water town in South China. There is a long stone shaped public fire ditch near the drainage ditch. At that time, the main tools for production were stone tools. The body of the tools was heavy and the grinding was fine. The arched axes on the back and the piercing axes with oblique tongue shaped blades were the most characteristic. There are quite a number of bone tools such as arrowheads, chisels, cones and needles. Life utensils are mostly made of pottery, mainly including red pottery with sand and muddy red pottery with red outside and black inside. The cookers are all made of sand mixed pottery, among which the cauldron with a wide edge on the outer wall is the most characteristic. The cauldron is mainly shaped like a cauldron, and the root of the cauldron is often decorated with double eye patterns. Food utensils and containers are made of the above two kinds of pottery. As far as the shape of the utensils is concerned, the pottery pot with trumpet shaped round feet and a pair of ox nose shaped ears on the abdomen is very popular. More animal remains were found, most of which were cattle, deer, pigs and fish. In this stratum, a pottery pig was also found. The production technique is simple and simple, which shows that the pig is a familiar animal at that time. At that time, people had already lived a settled life, engaged in primitive agriculture, fishing and hunting, weaving, pottery making and raising livestock. The middle level is about 5000 years ago, belonging to the Songze culture. The stone tools are mainly flat perforated stone axes and long strip stone axes. Most of the living utensils are black pottery. The common utensils are ding, Dou, Zhen, Bo, can and cup. There are also Zhen shaped utensils, Zhen and barrel shaped utensils. Some of them are regular in shape, with round and triangular patterns. The production technology is more advanced than that of the lower level. The upper part is the city wall. The south city wall is all made of lime soil, containing a large number of printed pottery, glazed pottery, red pottery, a small number of bronze arrowheads, black pottery fragments, stone tools and jade. The city wall was broken by the Eastern Han Dynasty tombs. At the bottom of the city wall are the tombs with black pottery as the main burial objects of the Sui Dynasty. These signs indicate that the original upper cultural level had been excavated to build the city wall, and by the Eastern Han Dynasty, the city wall had been abandoned as a burial area for the dead. The three cultural layers of Qiucheng site are like a history book buried in the ground. Although there is not a single word in it, it faithfully records the history of this area through the objects it contains. It has only important scientific research value.

Transportation guide

Tricycles are often used as a means of transportation near the scenic spot. Some Coachmans will say 5 yuan first, then take you to other places by themselves, and finally ask you to collect more money. Pay attention to this, and be sure to explain the price in advance.

Address: xiaomeikou, Baique Township, Wuxing District, Huzhou City

Longitude: 120.097527

Latitude: 30.939978

Ticket information: free.