Shanrong Exhibition Hall

Shanrong Exhibition Hall

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The Shanrong Exhibition Hall is located at the foot of Fuzhong Mountain, 13 kilometers northwest of Yanqing County in Beijing. It is the first on-site exhibition hall in China named after the culture of an ancient minority ethnic group, built around an ancient tomb complex.

The Shanrong tombs were discovered in 1984. After nearly five years of investigation and excavation by the Shanrong Culture Archaeological Team of the Beijing Cultural Relics Research Institute, a total of 600 tombs were excavated, yielding over 10,000 cultural relics made of gold, bronze, pottery, clamshell, agate, and more.

The Shanrong (also known as the Northern Rong) were a relatively powerful minority ethnic group in northern China during the Spring and Autumn Period. Historical records state that the Shanrong people "made a living by hunting birds and animals" and "moved about with their herds," often forming alliances to raid the Central Plains, becoming a threat to the borders of states such as Yan and Qi. In 664 BC, Duke Huan of Qi sent troops to rescue Yan and campaign against the Shanrong, annihilating the Shanrong tribes of Lingzhi and Guzhu. By the late Warring States period, the Shanrong gradually disappeared from historical records.

The Exhibition Hall officially opened in July 1990. Covering an area of over ten acres, it has an exhibition space of 600 square meters, where nearly a thousand precious cultural relics such as bronze and bronze replicas are displayed in categorized exhibits. The hall preserves 10 well-excavated Shanrong cultural tombs, including 2 chieftain tombs and 8 tombs of tribal members. One of the chieftain tombs contained a 25-year-old male buried with a bronze short sword and a bronze knife at his waist, bronze horse tack on his left, arrowheads and an arrow quiver on his right, and gold earrings in his ears. The burial also included numerous sacrificial animals such as horses, cattle, sheep, and dogs.

The major archaeological achievements of the Beijing Eastern Zhou Shanrong culture represent an important discovery and breakthrough in the pre-Qin archaeology of Beijing and the Bronze Age archaeology of northern China since the founding of the People’s Republic. These findings have drawn attention from the Chinese archaeological community and many experts both in China and abroad.   Contact Information   Phone: 010-69199534   Address: Zhangshanying Town, Yanqing County

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