Huangsipu Site

Huangsipu Site

The Huangsipu Site is a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

The Huangsipu Site is located at the border between Qing’an Village in Yangshe Town and Tanli Village in Tangqiao Town. In the 12th year of the Tianbao era of the Tang Dynasty (753 AD), after five failed attempts to sail eastward, Master Jianzhen led his disciples aboard a returning Japanese envoy ship and set sail from Huangsipu on his sixth attempt, which succeeded. In 1963, the 1200th Anniversary Committee of Master Jianzhen's passing erected a stone stupa monument at Huangsipu as a permanent memorial. In 1984, the ancient Huangsipu Site was designated as a Cultural Relics Protection Unit of Shazhou County. In 1994 and 2004, the Zhangjiagang Municipal Government successively built facilities at the Huangsipu Site, including the Jianzhen Memorial Hall, Stupa Pavilion, Poetry Stele Pavilion, and Dongdu Bridge. Later, under the direction of the Nanjing Museum, archaeological excavations were carried out. The site covers a total area of approximately 2 square kilometers, with an excavation area of 982 square meters, uncovering residential and temple ruins from the Tang and Song dynasties, and yielding more than 1,500 cultural relics. The archaeological findings indicate that the Huangsipu Site is a rare ancient port site from the Sui and Tang periods in Jiangsu and even across China, and was a sizable town port on the southern bank of the Yangtze River estuary during the Tang and Song dynasties.

Further Reading:

· Seventh Batch of Jiangsu Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units

· Seventh Batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units