Shuangqiao Site in Tangshan

Shuangqiao Site in Tangshan

The Shuangqiao Site is a cultural heritage site protected at the provincial level in Hebei Province.

The Shuangqiao Site is located on a natural terrace on the eastern bank of the Douhe Reservoir, about 250 meters north of Shuangqiao Village in Kaiping District, Tangshan City. It lies east of Weishan Mountain and approximately 400 meters north of Zhangjiazhuang. The terrain slopes from east to west, and the site is roughly an irregular oblong shape, measuring 130 meters from north to south and 60 meters from east to west, covering an area of about 7,800 square meters.

The site was discovered during a citywide cultural relics survey in 1986. From 1990 to 1998, the Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau and the Tangshan Cultural Relics Management Office conducted multiple surface investigations at the site and collected a large number of specimens. Cultural layers at the site, visible on cliff faces on all four sides, are 1 to 2.5 meters thick, and ash pits have been identified. Most of the collected artifacts are fragments, apart from an intact stone axe and a sandy red-brown pottery li tripod covered entirely with cord marks. The fragments often feature coarse and fine cord impressions on their surfaces, with a small number being plain. Based on the analysis of these artifacts, the site dates back to the early Northern Shang period and belongs to the Lower Xiajiadian Culture.

In February 2001, it was officially designated as a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit by the provincial government.