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Caiqiu Ancient Cultural Site

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The Caiqiu Ancient Cultural Site is located south of Dacaiqiu Village, Maocun Town, Tongshan District. The site appears as a square earthen mound, measuring 45 meters in length from north to south, 40 meters in width from east to west, and 6 meters in height. Before and after the founding of the People’s Republic of China, relics such as pottery shards, bone tools, stone implements, clam shells, deer antlers, bronze arrowheads, and Han Dynasty bricks and tiles were unearthed. A large amount of red fired earth and layers of kiln wall coated with grass-mixed mud can still be identified...

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The Caiqiu Ancient Cultural Site is a cultural tourism attraction.

The Caiqiu Ancient Cultural Site is located south of Dacaiqiu Village, Maocun Town, Tongshan District. The site appears as a square earthen mound, measuring 45 meters in length from north to south, 40 meters in width from east to west, and 6 meters in height. Before and after the founding of the People’s Republic of China, relics such as pottery shards, bone tools, stone implements, clam shells, deer antlers, bronze arrowheads, and Han Dynasty bricks and tiles were unearthed. A large amount of red fired earth and layers of kiln wall coated with grass-mixed mud can still be identified. According to the relics, the top part of the site dates back to the Han Dynasty, while the lower part belongs to the Neolithic Age.

This site was designated as a county-level cultural heritage protection unit in 1958 and upgraded to a municipal-level key cultural heritage protection unit in 1985. It has not yet been excavated.