Guo Family Stone Bridge Site

Guo Family Stone Bridge Site

The Guo Family Stone Bridge Site is a Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

The Guo Family Stone Bridge Site is located in Guo Family Stone Bridge Natural Village, Yonghe Village, Xieqiao Town, Haining, west of Tongren Port. It belongs to the Majiabang culture type of the Neolithic Age, dating back over 6,000 years. Discovered in June 1980, collected specimens include sand-tempered red pottery cauldrons, ox-nose-shaped ears, wide-band-eared vessel lids, gray clay pottery basin rims, stone adzes, stone axes, as well as deer antlers and ivory.

Drilling surveys from the Third National Cultural Relics Census indicate that the site is approximately 180 meters long from east to west and about 170 meters wide from north to south, covering an area of around 30,600 square meters. The surface soil layer in the paddy field area is about 0.7 meters thick, the cultural layer is about 0.6 meters thick, and the natural soil appears at around 1.3 meters. In the highland area, the surface soil layer is about 1.0 meter thick, and the cultural layer is about 1.3 meters thick. The Guo Family Stone Bridge Site is well-preserved and rich in content, with relevant data published in the 1986 Issue 4 of "Cultural Relics and Archaeological Materials" compiled by the Zhejiang Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics.

In December 1989, it was announced as one of the third batch of Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units.

Yonghe Village: Yonghe Village in Xieqiao Town was formed in October 2004 through the merger of the former Yong’an Village and Hehe Village. It is located in the eastern part of Xieqiao Town, Haining, bordered by Luotang River to the south, Xieqiao Village to the west, and the Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway to the north. The old Xiasha Road runs east to west across the village for about 4 kilometers, covering a total area of 3.41 square kilometers. The village administers 18 villager groups, with a total of 785 households and a population of 3,135. It has 2,751 mu of arable land, 4 enterprises above designated size, currently 5 village cadres, 1 university graduate village official, and 1 reserve village cadre. In 2011, the village achieved a total industrial and agricultural output value of 6... More details on Yonghe Village++

Further Reading:

· Third Batch of Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units