The Ancient City of Anping

The Ancient City of Anping

The Ancient City of Anping is a cultural tourism attraction.

Also known as Jicheng or Shicao City. It is located in the southeastern part of Huangcheng Village, Huangcheng Township, Linzi District. The ruins stretch 2,000 meters from north to south and 1,800 meters from east to west, covering an area of 3.6 square kilometers. The site is roughly rectangular in shape, except for a slight inward indentation at the southeastern corner. In the early Spring and Autumn period, the city of Anping was the Jiyi territory of the Ji State. According to "Records of the Grand Historian · The House of Duke Tai of Qi": “During the reign of Duke Ai, the Marquis of Ji slandered Duke Ai to the Zhou court, and the Zhou court had Duke Ai boiled alive.” During the reign of Duke Xiang, “he attacked the Ji State, and the Ji people relocated and abandoned their territory.” Ji Ji ceded Jicheng to Qi, and Qi renamed Jicheng as Anping. During the Warring States period, Tian Dan was enfeoffed as the Lord of Anping, which refers to this place. After the Qin dynasty conquered Qi, it was renamed Dong’anping County and belonged to Qi Commandery. In 1973 and 1981, two provincial-level cultural relic surveys found that most of the city walls had been leveled to the ground, with only slight remnants remaining at the northeastern corner, standing 2 meters above the ground and extending 50 meters in length. The structure was built with rammed earth, with each layer being 20 centimeters thick and the ramming pits having a diameter of 5.5 centimeters. Local residents have unearthed stone foundations in the eastern part of the ruins; southeast of Tian Dan’s tomb, Han dynasty tiles with patterns were discovered, measuring about 1 meter in length. A pottery well ring with drainage holes was also found, with a diameter of 1 meter and a height of 0.6 meters. Bronze artifacts have also been excavated here. Today, the surface of the site features many relics from the Han dynasty. In 1984, it was designated as a municipal-level key cultural relics protection unit.

Laiwu City, Shandong Province