Gaochendun Liangzhu Culture Site

Gaochendun Liangzhu Culture Site

The Gaochendun Liangzhu Culture Site is a cultural tourism attraction.

The Gaochendun Liangzhu Culture Site is located in Gaochendun Village, Huangtu Town. It was a large-scale, meticulously planned and strictly constructed high-platform cemetery from the Liangzhu period. In 1999, rescue excavations uncovered 14 large and medium-sized tombs from the middle to late Liangzhu period, yielding 238 artifacts (sets). The site was selected as one of the top ten archaeological discoveries in China in 1999.

Huangtu Town: A town under the jurisdiction of Jiangyin City. It got its name from the “Huangtu Post,” a fast relay station on the western postal route during the Song and Yuan dynasties. Established as Huangtu Township in 1951, it became a commune in 1958, reverted to township status in 1983, and was upgraded to a town in 1987. Located in the western suburbs of the city, it borders the Changzhou High-Tech Development Zone and is 27 kilometers from the municipal government. Covering an area of 38 square kilometers with a population of 34,000, the town is traversed by the Cheng-Huang Highway and the Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway runs south of it, while the Taohua Port to the east connects to the Yangtze River. It administers Licheng, Huazhuang, Beihu West, Houqu Li, Lishan, Guanxiang, Huangtu, Dongguan Zhuang, Huangshu, Xianzhuang, Xiaohu, Nanqiu, Xi Guan, Nan… More detailed information about Huangtu Town++