King Chu City

King Chu City

Located in Huangchi Village, Huaqiao Town, Wuhu County, this ancient city dates back to the Warring States Period through the Western Han Dynasty. It served as the seat of Wuhu County during the Western Han and was also the site of the ancient Jiuzi. Built against a mountain, the city’s walls still remain, covering an area of nearly 120,000 square meters. The terrain is higher in the east and lower in the west, with the remnants of four ancient city gates clearly visible. Inside the city, relics such as Qin bricks, Han tiles, Tang coins, and Song porcelain can be found everywhere, making it a veritable small-scale museum.

The ruins of King Chu City, a city site from the Warring States to the Western Han period, were designated as a county-level cultural heritage site by the county government in 1985, upgraded to a municipal-level cultural heritage site by the city government in September 2012, and further recognized as a provincial-level cultural heritage site by the provincial government in December 2012. The ruins are situated in Shantou Natural Village, Huangchi Administrative Village, Huaqiao Town, and part of Nongzhuang Natural Village, Chengdong Administrative Village. The city was built against a mountain, and the existing ruins stretch 380 meters from east to west and 310 meters from north to south, covering an area of approximately 117,800 square meters. The city wall is 8.5 meters high, with a base thickness of 18 meters and a width of 3–5 meters. There are four gaps in the walls facing the southeast, south, west, and north. Artifacts unearthed at the site include stone axes, pottery tripod feet, pottery gui vessels, stamped hard pottery fragments, ant nose coins, pottery water pipes, pottery dou vessels, rope-patterned pottery, broken tubular tiles, wuzhu coins, and pottery and porcelain items. Nearby, bronze swords have also been excavated.