The Hejiashan Site

The Hejiashan Site

The Hejiashan Site is a cultural heritage protection unit of Hebei Province.

The Hejiashan Site is located to the north of Changlingfeng Village, Luotun Town, about 30 kilometers east of Qianxi County. The site is distributed across the top and northern slope of Hejiashan Mountain, with the surface consisting of yellow sandy soil. To the south lies the Luanhe River, while the Qinghe and Mayi rivers flow to the east and north. The site stretches 90 meters from north to south and 70 meters from east to west.

In 1988, the site was discovered when the Luotun Iron Factory was digging a drainage ditch. Through on-site investigation, numerous pottery fragments were found, mostly including leg bottoms, rims, and body pieces of li tripods. The cultural layer at the site is 0.3 meters deep and 1.2 meters thick. The artifacts within the layer mainly consist of pottery li tripod fragments, with solid legs made of sandy reddish-brown clay, round-lipped straight rims, and bodies covered with cord markings. In addition, two bottom fragments of pottery jars and one fragment of a pottery wheel-like object were also found, all sharing the same clay type and color as the li tripod fragments. The site is believed to date back to the middle to early period of the Shang Dynasty.

This site has enriched research materials on the Shang culture in the Tangshan area and holds significant academic value in archaeology.

Further Reading:

· Fourth Batch of Cultural Heritage Protection Units of Hebei Province