The reporter learned from the Liaoning Shangjing archaeological team jointly formed by the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Inner Mongolia Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology that there will be new discoveries in the archaeological excavations of the imperial city site in Liaoshang in 2023. Recently, the archaeological team found a well-laid out and large-scale east-facing courtyard at the site of the imperial city in Liaoshang, which provided very important clues for understanding the layout of the imperial city in Liaoshang and further exploring the imperial ceremonial architecture of Liaoshangjing.
According to reports, the east-facing courtyard is a large courtyard with a rectangular plan and a cloister on all sides. It has a gate site on the east side, along the axis from east to west, with an apse and apse. The two large temple sites have a network of columns with a width of 5 rooms and a depth of 4 rooms. Archaeological findings have confirmed that from the Liao Dynasty to the Jin Dynasty, the main foundation of the building and the main building have not changed significantly, but there are signs of partial repair in the front and rear platform parts, as well as the part of the house or corridor connected to the cloister. The excavated rammed earth foundation and the raspberry-style stone pillar foundation on it, as well as the excavated building components, porcelain, etc., all show the high level of construction and handicraft production at that time.
The site of Shangjing in Liaoning is located in the southeast of Lindong Town, Bainzuoqi, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, with a slightly "Japanese" shape in plan, consisting of two parts: the Imperial City in the north and the Seoul City in the south. The excavation area in 2023 is located in the distribution area of large-scale architectural sites in the south of the imperial city, and the excavation results have greatly promoted the research on the layout and evolution of the imperial city in Liaoshangjing, provided important basic materials for the study of the archaeology of the capital city of the Liao Dynasty and the promotion of the declaration of the world cultural heritage of Liaoshangjing, and provided new important archaeological evidence for confirming the important contributions made by the Liao Dynasty in the formation of a unified multi-ethnic state.