The Fanjiatang Site

The Fanjiatang Site

The Fanjiatang Site is a protected cultural heritage site of Shandong Province.

Also known as the Liuli Well Site, the Fanjiatang Site is located about 200 meters west of Fanjiatang Village in Xinyan Town. It stretches 200 meters from north to south and 100 meters from east to west, covering an area of 20,000 square meters. It was discovered during a cultural relics survey in 1982. The site primarily features artifacts from the Dawenkou Culture and the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. With an average depth of 1.7 meters, the site contains 15 burial sites from the Dawenkou and Eastern Zhou periods, as well as 10 wells, some of which yielded pottery jars and other relics. Most burials were oriented toward the four cardinal directions, with simple grave goods, and the practice of burying skulls in pottery jars was also observed. The unearthed artifacts are mainly pottery items, including those from the Dawenkou Culture such as tripods, gu vessels, dou stem cups, bowls, cups, pots, spinning whorls, and pottery bracelets; and those from the Eastern Zhou period such as li tripods, jars, dou vessels, steamers, urns, cups, bowls, and vessel lids. In the northern part of the site, stone coffin tombs from the Song Dynasty were also discovered, though no burial objects were found.

From September to December 1991, the National Cultural Heritage Administration held the sixth National Field Archaeology Team Leaders Training Course at this site. Forty excavation units were opened, uncovering an area of 1,000 square meters and yielding over a thousand artifacts. The findings were compiled into the archaeological monograph *Yanzhou Liuli Well*, published by Science Press. According to the Yanzhou Government Document No. 28 (2009), the protected area is defined with the marker stele as the center point, extending 100 meters east, 100 meters west, 200 meters south, and 200 meters north. The construction control zone extends 100 meters outward from the boundary of the protected area.

In 2013, the Fanjiatang Site was designated as part of the fourth batch of Provincial-Level Cultural Heritage Protection Units by the People's Government of Shandong Province.

Further Reading:

· Fourth Batch of Shandong Provincial Cultural Heritage Protection Units

· Third Batch of Jining Municipal Cultural Heritage Protection Units