Tianzhuangtuo Warring States Cultural Site in Tianjin

Tianzhuangtuo Warring States Cultural Site in Tianjin

Tianzhuangtuo Warring States Cultural Site in Tianjin is a cultural tourism attraction.

Introduction  Located 20 kilometers north of Lutai Town, the county seat, and 200 meters southwest of Tianzhuangtuo Village, Banqiao Township, this site dates back to the Warring States period through the Han Dynasty. Discovered in 1953, it sits at a higher elevation than the surrounding land and is currently used as farmland. A trial excavation was conducted in 1979, covering an area of 250,000 square meters with a cultural layer depth of 0.4 meters. The surface is scattered with numerous fragments of sandy red pottery, gray pottery, and more. Relatively complete artifacts unearthed include pottery, jars, urns, urn coffins, bowls, sling bullets, net sinkers, spinning whorls. There are over six types of pottery jars, along with stone tools such as axes, bronze items, basins, mirrors, swords, clubs, ironware, furnaces, bone artifacts like hairpins, lacquerware, trays, currency including wuzhu and banliang coins, as well as Yan knife coins. Other finds include red burned soil accumulations, cockles, oysters, scattered clams, sika deer antlers, gold nuggets shaped like dog heads, roof tiles, eave tiles, coffin wood, human skeletons, and more.

Artifact decorations include: string patterns, rope patterns, stripe patterns, small grid patterns, blue patterns, and added heap patterns. Other fragments include: steamers, cauldrons, and pottery rims with quick-stamped marks. This site was a residential and burial ground from the Warring States period through the Han Dynasty. On September 7, 1956, it was designated as a Hebei Provincial-level Protected Unit. In 1973, it was listed as a Municipal-level Protected Unit, and on July 9, 1982, it was again designated as a Tianjin Municipal-level Protected Unit.

Tianjin Ninghe County