The Dachengji Ruins

The Dachengji Ruins

The Dachengji Ruins are a Nanjing Municipal-level Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

The Dachengji Ruins [200 meters east of Dongyaozhuang Group, Yonghe Village, Yongning Town & Zhou District Cultural Relics Protection Unit] cover an area of approximately 16,500 square meters, stand 4.5 meters high, and have a cultural layer about 4 meters thick. Discovered in 1965, unearthed artifacts include coarse red pottery shards mixed with sand, polished black-surfaced black pottery, geometric-patterned pottery fragments, and broken pieces of vessels such as li tripods, gui vessels, basins, jars, bowls, and dou stems. Other finds include polished stone adzes, stone axes, and perforated clamshell knives. These relics belong to the Zhou culture. In 1983, it was designated as a county-level cultural relics protection unit, in 2002 as a district-level one, and in 2012 as a municipal-level one.

Yongning Subdistrict: Located at the northern foot of Laoshan Mountain and within the Chuhe River basin, Yongning Subdistrict borders Nanjing High-Tech Zone to the east and Anhui’s Chuzhou to the north. It governs 18 village (residential) committees and 180 villager groups, covering a total area of 115.5 square kilometers with a population of 46,000.

The area enjoys convenient transportation, with National Highway 104 and the Ning-Cuo Provincial Road passing through, and the Ning-Huai Expressway soon to be completed. Two railways, the Ningqi and the Jinpu, run through the region, and construction of the Ningxi Railway is about to begin. Rich in agricultural resources, two-thirds of the town lies within the polder area, featuring 77.65 kilometers of flood embankments along the Chuhe River, 58,000 mu of arable land, and 2,900 mu of water surface... More details about Yongning Subdistrict ++