Qijia Dun Ancient Cultural Site

Qijia Dun Ancient Cultural Site

The Qijia Dun Ancient Cultural Site is a cultural relic protection unit of Shanghai Municipality.

The Qijia Dun Ancient Cultural Site is distributed on both sides of the flood prevention seawall inside and outside Qijia Dun Village, Shanyang Town, Jinshan District, in the northeastern part of Hangzhou Bay. It was first discovered in 1935, with archaeological excavations conducted in February 1962 and May 1964. The upper layer of the site belongs to the Western Han Dynasty culture, while the lower layer features the Spring and Autumn–Warring States cultures characterized by geometric stamped hard pottery and glazed pottery. The excavation uncovered four ash pits, two ancient wells, and eight tombs.

Among the unearthed artifacts are pottery and glazed pottery, with geometric stamped pottery accounting for 39.9%, earthenware for 39.5%, sandy pottery for 12.5%, and glazed pottery for 8.1%. The shapes include cooking vessels such as ding (tripod cauldrons), li (tripod steamers), fu (cauldrons), and zeng (steamer baskets); eating and drinking vessels such as bowls, cups, dou (bean pots), and plates; and storage vessels such as jars, pots, vats, basins, bowls, and boxes. In addition, artifacts from the Western Han Dynasty such as pottery, bronze mirrors, wuzhu coins, ironware, lacquerware, and stoneware were also excavated.

The first area is at Qijia Dun, where relics and ancient wells were unearthed, dating back to the Spring and Autumn–Warring States period. The second area is on the beach about 600 meters west of Qijia Dun, where relics from the Spring and Autumn–Warring States and Western Han periods were found, with the most being Eastern Zhou geometric stamped pottery remains. It is a typical site for studying the geometric stamped pottery culture of the Eastern Zhou period in the southeastern coastal region and holds great significance for researching the historical development of the Hangzhou Bay area.

The Qijia Dun Ancient Cultural Site was discovered in the 24th year of the Republic of China (1935). To the east of the former Xiaochang Battalion Office in the western part of the village and around Zhougong Dun, there are also tombs from the same period as the site. In the 37th year of the Republic of China, the Shanghai Municipal Museum conducted small-scale exploratory excavations. Due to a section of the site on the beach being eroded by ocean waves over a long period, a large number of ancient pottery, porcelain, bronze, and iron artifacts were exposed on the shore. In 1962, it was designated as a cultural relic protection site of Shanghai Municipality. In 1963 and 1964, the Municipal Cultural Relics Preservation Committee carried out two rounds of excavation, covering an area of 140 square meters. Two layers of underground ancient cultural deposits were found: the upper layer dating to the Western Han Dynasty, where one well and three tombs were cleared; and the lower layer dating to the Spring and Autumn–Warring States period, where five Warring States tombs were cleared.

In 1977, the cultural relics management department designated the Qijia Dun Ancient Cultural Site as a protected location. In 2014, the Municipal People’s Government announced the Qijia Dun Ancient Cultural Site as a cultural relic protection unit.

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