The Cultural Heritage Bureau of Fenghuang County announced recently that remains indicating the existence of a city which flourished in the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) have been discovered in western Hunan's Fenghuang County.
Archaeologists made the discovery on a hillside 500 meters from the Ziran Village of Fenghuang County. The sprawling site, covering an area of nearly 20 thousand square meters and including a defense area and a living area, stretches about 120 meters from west to east and 200 meters from north to south.
Ruins of the stone wall are easily discernible, and the south and north gates are discovered 600 meters away from the wall. The well preserved city wall is 0.6 to 2.76 meters tall and 1.2 to 1.8 meters wide, with a 1.7-meter-thick cultural layer.
The excavations include dozens of exquisite potteries, tiles, ceramic chips, flints, and bone fragments of animals like cattle in Song Dynasty.
The archaeological site has been basically kept intact. It is allegedly the most ancient city ruins from Northern Song Dynasty found in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture and further research will yet be conducted.
Translator: Liu Fen
Source: Hunan Official Web Portal
