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Shanxi Daily reporter Meng Miao reported that on the afternoon of January 11, the second Shanxi Archaeological New Discoveries Forum sponsored by the Shanxi Provincial Archaeological Research Institute was held in Taiyuan. After the academic reports of the 12 shortlisted archaeological projects, there were finally 6 projects, including the Neolithic Ruins of Taiyuan Jiancaoping Town, the Neolithic Ruins of Linfen Xiangfen Pottery Temple, the Two-Week Cemetery of Qubei White Goose in Yuncheng Yuan, the Painted Stone Tomb of Zhijiabao North Wei Lüxu in Pingcheng District, Datong City, the Qianfo Cliff Statue and Cave Front Site in Linfen Huozhou, and the Tomb of the Ming Dynasty Fan King in Xiaodian District of Taiyuan.
▉ Neolithic ruins of Taiyuan Jiancaoping Town
Jointly excavated by the Shanxi Provincial Archaeological Research Institute and the Taiyuan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology. The site is located 900 meters southwest of Baiban Township, Jiancaoping District, Taiyuan City, on an alluvial fan in front of Changliangbei Mountain, and the terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast. It is mainly a remnant of the middle and late Yangshao. The number of relics units within the site is relatively large, the era is earlier, and the remains are rich, which is of great academic value for studying the neolithic cultural features of the Taiyuan Basin, constructing the prehistoric cultural sequence of the region, and discussing the prehistoric cultural exchanges in Taiyuan and surrounding areas.
▉ Neolithic ruins of Xiangfen Tao Temple in Linfen
The excavation was jointly excavated by the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the Institute of Archaeology of Shanxi Province, the Linfen Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, and the Linfen TaoSi Ruins Management Center. The site is located about 7 kilometers northeast of the county seat of Xiangfen County, and the site covers an area of about 4 million square meters. In 2021, the total area of excavation was 1490 square meters, and the base site of Palace No. 1 was basically fully exposed, and the scale, four to four, stack, age, layout structure, and a simple understanding of the nature were preliminarily clarified. The excavation and discovery of large rammed earth building sites in Miyagi Castle, the site of Tao Temple, is of great significance for the study of major topics such as the origin of Chinese civilization and early China.
▉ Yuncheng Wall Qubei White Goose Two-Week Cemetery
Jointly excavated by the Shanxi Archaeological Research Institute, the Yuncheng City Cultural Relics Protection Center, and the Yuanqu County Culture and Tourism Bureau. The cemetery is located in the east of North White Goose Village, Yingyan Town, Yuanqu County, Yuncheng City, and the terrain is high in the north and low in the south. Through investigation and exploration, the distribution area of the site was determined to be 200,000 square meters, and a total of 217 tombs, 241 ash pits, 5 chema pits, and 2 pottery kilns were excavated, thus clarifying that the main remains of the cemetery were tombs and chema pits in the two-week period. The North White Goose Cemetery is a large-scale site with a long history, rich connotation and relatively complete preservation, which provides new materials and references for the study of burial systems, ethnic groups, social life, caiyi systems and cultural exchanges in different periods in southern Jinnan.
▉ Datong City Pingcheng District ZhijiaBao North Wei Lü Continued relief painted stone tomb
Excavated by Datong Archaeological Research Institute. The tomb is the only stone carved painted stone rafter tomb of the Northern Wei Dynasty found in Datong City, which has important research value. The tomb master Shengxian figure, guide map, and four gods carved in the interior have obvious Han Dynasty relics and religious colors, while the hairstyle, appearance, posture, and dress of the tomb warriors in exotic towns carved on the outside of the south wall are obviously different from the Han cultural style, providing new physical materials for the study of ethnic integration and cultural exchanges between China and the West.
▉ Linfen Huozhou Thousand Buddha Cliff Statue and Cave Front Ruins
Jointly excavated by the School of Archaeology and Literature of Peking University, the Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology, and the Huozhou Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism. The statue and the site of the cave are located on a cliff on the east bank of the Fenhe River, 7 kilometers southwest of Huozhou City, and the mountain runs in a north-south direction. The carvings of the statue niches on the cliff wall are very concentrated, layered and distributed, mainly north of the middle of the cliff, and there is a broken relationship between them, and the dense area is as many as 8 layers. The statue was excavated in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, mainly during the Kaiyuan period, and there were also carvings after the Kaiyuan, and there were still a small number of carvings during the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty. The Thousand Buddha Cliff Statue is a folk carving, which is an important tang dynasty medium-sized large-scale statue group in the central and southern Jin Dynasty, which not only has the Tang Dynasty statue style of the Tianlongshan Grottoes in Taiyuan, but also the Tang Dynasty statue style of Luoyang Longmen and Guanzhong, which provides important materials for the study of the evolution of the style of statues in the middle and late Tang Dynasty.
▉ Tomb of the Ming Dynasty King of Xiaodian District, Taiyuan
Jointly excavated by the Shanxi Provincial Archaeological Research Institute and the Taiyuan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology. The Tomb of king Jinduan is located in the northeast of Dongfeng Village, Huangling Street, Xiaodian District, Taiyuan City, in the gentle slope area at the southern end of Taiyuan Dongshan. The tomb of King Duan of Jinduan is in the shape of a "gong" glyph, with a length of 24 meters from north to south and 8 meters wide from east to west, ranking first in the tomb of the king of the clan in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. The scope of the Duanwang Cemetery is clear, and the overall layout and structure are basically complete. Although the tombs of Duan Wang, princess, step-concubine and lady were stolen and disturbed, the types of burials unearthed were still diverse, and the most rare thing was that more painted lacquered wooden figurines and textiles were preserved. The determination of the JinduanWang Mausoleum confirms the location of Gangtou Village and Duanwang Cemetery recorded in the "Taiyuan County Chronicle", "Yangqu County Chronicle" and "Yuci County Chronicle", and provides accurate geographical coordinates for the determination of the location of other Jin Dynasty King Mausoleums. The project has realized the deep integration of cultural relics protection and scientific and technological archaeology.
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Editor: Zhang Qi