Huangyuquan Ruins

Huangyuquan Ruins

Huangyuquan Ruins is a cultural relic protection unit of Jilin Province.

Huangyuquan is located in Huangyuquan Village, Fate Town, Shulan City, 2.5 kilometers from National Highway 202, 8 kilometers from Fate Town, and 65 kilometers from Shulan City. It was a place where the Qing Dynasty imperial court kept sturgeons, and is also an ancient cultural site. Covering an area of 1.5 hectares, it is a key cultural relic protection unit in Jilin Province.

The sturgeon enclosure was first built in the early years of the Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty. The enclosure was over ten feet deep, with a perimeter of 500 meters, entirely constructed from granite, and equipped with a drying ground for fishing nets. According to legend, after Emperor Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty moved the capital to Beijing, in order to ensure the food supply and daily needs of the imperial palace, tribute offices independent of local governments were established in Wula Street, Jiangning, Suzhou, and Hangzhou, directly managed by the Imperial Household Department in the capital. The Wula Street General Office in the northeast was responsible for collecting river pearls, pine nuts, honey, sturgeons, ginseng, sable fur, and white millet, among other items. Among them, the sturgeons native to the Songhua River were large, delicious, and tender, highly favored by the imperial court. Fishing generally took place in spring, summer, and autumn. Fishermen would catch the sturgeons in the Songhua River and keep them in the enclosure. In winter, the fish were frozen and transported by horse-drawn cart to the capital for the exclusive use of the imperial family.

In the 21st year of the Kangxi reign, Emperor Kangxi inspected the sturgeon enclosure during his eastern tour of Jilin. After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the sturgeon enclosure fell into disuse. Over time, the name "sturgeon enclosure" gradually became "yellow fish enclosure." The Huangyuquan ancient cultural site holds significant value for studying the cultures of various historical periods in Jilin Province. Restoration and development work on Huangyuquan began this year, turning it into a tourist attraction in Shulan City, with plans to gradually open it to visitors after 2009.

Batch and announcement date: Second batch, April 20, 1981

Address: Shulan City

Era: Bronze Age

Fate Town: A town under the jurisdiction of Shulan City.

Established as a district in 1949, upgraded to a township in 1956, reorganized as a commune in 1958, reinstated as a township in 1984, and elevated to a town in 1992. Located in the northwestern part of the city, it covers an area of 146 square kilometers and has a population of 37,000. The Hei (Heihe) – Da (Dalian) Highway passes through the town, and there are roads connecting to Shulan. It borders the Songhua River to the west. The town administers 15 village committees—Fate, Dongling, Toutai, Yudi, Yanggong, Weijia, Jiaojia, Yanglin, Wulipo, Loushang, Huangyu, Wangda, Xianggong, Xiliang, and Jiangyan—and two neighborhood committees—Zhendong and Zhenni. Local enterprises include quarries, small coal mines, and... More detailed information about Fate Town++