Jiaochangpu Site

Jiaochangpu Site

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

The Jiaochangpu Site is located on a highland southwest of Jiaochangpu Village, Lepingpu Town, approximately 20 kilometers south of Chiping County, Shandong Province.

Legend has it that the site got its name from being the main military training ground established by Lord Mengchang of Qi during the Warring States period. The earthen mound at the site is called Jinniu Mountain, also historically known as Chiping Mountain. The Qin Dynasty established Chiping County on the flat land at the foot of the mountain (now in the southern part of present-day Chiping County). Since 2000, joint excavations have been carried out by the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the Shandong Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, and the Liaocheng Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics. Among them, three pottery kilns unearthed in 2001 represent the most complete set of Longshan Culture kilns discovered in Shandong to date. The site stretches 250 meters from east to west and 200 meters from north to south, with a height of 4 meters. After 1976, artifacts such as stone shovels, arrowheads, spinning whorls, deer antlers, shell tools, and pottery have been excavated, indicating that it is a site of the Longshan Culture.

In 2006, the Jiaochangpu Site was listed in the sixth batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units by the State Council as an ancient site from the Neolithic Age.

Further reading:

· Sixth Batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units