Site of Wangzapo

Site of Wangzapo

The Site of Wangzapo is a cultural relic protection unit of Jilin Province.

Site of Wangzapo

Batch and announcement date: Sixth batch, May 31, 2007

Address: Wangzapo Village, Liujia Guanzi Town, Lishu County

Era: Bronze

Category: Ancient site

Managing unit: Lishu County Cultural Relics Management Office

Open to public: No

The Site of Wangzapo is a Bronze Age site, located approximately 2 kilometers west of the Dongliao River. The surface is scattered with a large number of pottery fragments, broken stone tools, and bone implements. The pottery was all handmade, mostly brown, plain, and sandy clay pottery, with fewer examples of fine clay pottery. Stone tools include stone axes and stone plows. Bone implements consist of bone awls.

Liujia Guanzi Town: Located on the Songliao Plain, Liujia Guanzi Town lies on the northwestern border of Lishu County, on the southern bank of the Dongliao River, 55 kilometers from the county seat. It borders Sanjiangkou Town of Changtu County in Liaoning Province to the west, faces Dongming, Liutiao, and Xinli townships of Shuangliao City across the river to the north, neighbors Shenyang Town to the east, and adjoins Linhai Town to the south. The town covers an area of 291.3 square kilometers. It administers 17 villages, 78 natural hamlets, 103 villager groups, 7,180 households, and a population of 26,000.

The town has two rivers—the Dongliao River and the Xinkai River—and two sand dune belts. The area between the southern bank of the Dongliao River and the northern sand dune belt consists of river... More details about Liujia Guanzi Town++