Sunjiacheng Site

Sunjiacheng Site

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

The Sunjiacheng Site is located in Suguang Village, Miao Temple Town, Huaining County, Anqing City, Anhui Province. The site stretches approximately 750 meters from east to west and about 430 meters from north to south, with an earthen wall encircling its eastern, western, and southern sides, and the Dasaha River to the north. The cultural layer varies in thickness from 1 to 8 meters, with cultural remains scattered throughout the 320,000-square-meter area within the city walls. The site is home to two villagers’ groups: Fei Wu and Sun Cheng. Local legend has it that Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms period gave birth to Cao Pi here. Artifacts collected from the site include stone axes, stone shovels, ring-shaped stone tools, tripod feet, pottery shards, and more. The earthen wall is built purely of yellow earth and is the only surviving ancient earthen wall site in Huaining County. The cultural remains found within the city have been identified by experts from the Provincial Institute of Archaeology as dating back to the Neolithic Age. Their cultural attributes belong to the Xuejiagang culture type of Qianshan, providing excellent physical evidence for the developmental sequence of the Xuejiagang culture. According to the findings and stratigraphic analysis, no remains from the Shang, Zhou, or later periods have been discovered, suggesting that the earthen wall dates back no later than the Shang and Zhou dynasties—or was built around the same time. This makes it a rare physical resource for studying contemporary earthen wall sites. In May 2013, it was designated and announced by the State Council as part of the seventh batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units.

The Sunjiacheng Site is currently the largest and best-preserved known site in southwestern Anhui, and also the only other known Neolithic-age city site in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River besides the Liangzhu Ancient City. It establishes the chronological sequence of cultures predating the Xuejiagang culture in this region, spanning from 6,000 to 4,000 years ago, along with its three distinct phases, making it a vital material for studying the origins and development of the Xuejiagang culture.

Protected Area: North to the centerline of the Dasaha River, south to 35–60 meters south of the outer moat’s southern edge, west to 30 meters west of the northwest ridge, and east to 20–50 meters east of the Wang Family Ancestral Hall.

Construction Control Zone: North to 130 meters north of the northern bank of the Dasaha River, south to 50 meters south of the east-west main road south of the site protection area, west to 80 meters west of the protected area’s western boundary, east to 43 meters east of the protected area’s eastern boundary, and the southern bank of the extended line of the Dasaha River.

Source: Jinhua Portal Website

Miao Temple Town: Adjacent to the new county town, gazing affectionately at Tianzhu Mountain, just a stone’s throw from Anqing City, and standing in distant view of Yellow Crane Tower—this is Miao Temple Town in Huaining County, located at the junction of Tongcheng, Huaining, and Qianshan (cities/counties). The town covers a total area of 80 square kilometers, with 32,000 mu of arable land. It governs 13 administrative villages and 3 neighborhood committees, with a total population of 46,000 people. It houses 39 grassroots Party organizations and currently has 1,329 Party members.

Miao Temple Town has a long history and profound cultural heritage. Human habitation dates back to the Paleolithic Age. Through generations of hard work and toil... More detailed information on Miao Temple Town++

Further Reading:

· Seventh Batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units