The Anju Site

The Anju Site

The Anju Site is a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

The Anju Site is located in Group 8, Wangjialou Village, Anju Town, Suixian County. The site sits on the second terrace of the Anju River, approximately 1 kilometer from the riverbank.

The site was discovered during the 1957 cultural relics survey and has been re-examined multiple times in 1984, 1991, 1998, and 2009. In 1998, the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences used remote sensing techniques to determine the existence of an ancient city at Anju. Subsequent on-site investigations confirmed that a small city remains preserved in the eastern part of the Anju Site, measuring 190 meters from north to south and 170 meters from east to west. The eastern, northern, and western walls are relatively well-preserved and were built using rammed earth. The southern wall is covered by modern residential buildings. The city site rises about 1 meter above the ground, with walls approximately 10 meters wide. Outside the walls lies a moat about 10 meters wide and over 2 meters deep from the surface. Artifacts from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Han Dynasty have been collected within the city. In the northwest area of the city, a stratum containing Han Dynasty tiles and evidence of Han tombs cutting through the city walls have been found. Based on the information provided by remote sensing and the terrain, it is inferred that a larger city likely existed to the north of the small city. To the north of the site, Yangzishan has yielded tombs from the Zhou Dynasty periods, unearthing a large number of bronze and pottery artifacts. In October 2007, a tomb was discovered in the central part of Yangzishan, yielding 27 pieces of various bronze ware, some of which bear inscriptions reading “E Hou” (Marquis of E).

The discovery of the Anju Site provides important information for determining the location of the ancient capital of the Zeng (or Sui) State, and holds significant historical and academic value in solving the mystery of the Zeng (or Sui) State.

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Further Reading:

· Seventh Batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units