Wanjunshan Site

Wanjunshan Site

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

The Wanjunshan Site is located on Wanjun Mountain, 50 meters north of Wanjun Village, Yanggezhuang Town, Qian'an City. The mountain features terraced fields, with a flat summit at the top. The Qinglong River and the Lengkou Sha River converge at the foot of the mountain, encircling Wanjun Mountain from the east and north. The soil on the mountain is loose and brownish sandy.

In March 1990, a cultural relics survey team organized by the Hebei Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics discovered this site during a survey in Qian'an. The site covers an area of 15,000 square meters.

The site spans 15,000 square meters, with the cultural layer thinner in the east and thicker in the west, about 1–2 meters deep. The surface is scattered with numerous pottery fragments and stone tools. The pottery fragments are mostly sandy brown pottery and clay red pottery, with impressions of "zigzag" patterns being the most common, followed by striped and mat-patterned designs, while rope patterns and plain surfaces are less frequent. Gray pits are exposed on both sides of the cliff, containing rich cultural remains.

Trial excavations were carried out from June 3 to July 4, 1992, covering an area of 200 square meters. Artifacts unearthed included pottery such as basins, red-rimmed bowls, and li tripods, as well as a large number of stone tools.

The Wanjunshan Site boasts beautiful scenery with water and fields, making it highly suitable for human habitation. Neolithic artifacts have been found starting from the second terrace at the foot of the mountain. Moving upward through stratified layers, there are also remains from the Xia, Shang, Zhou, Spring and Autumn, and Warring States to Han periods. In 1992, when the provincial cultural research institute conducted excavations here, residential foundations and hearths were discovered, proving that humans once lived here for extended periods. The cultural content of the site shares many similarities with the Anxinzhuang Site, and the shapes and patterns of the artifacts are largely identical to those of the same type unearthed in the first phase of the Menggezhuang Site in Sanhe County, Hebei Province. Therefore, this site is believed to be a Neolithic site.

Further Reading:

· Fifth Batch of Hebei Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units

· Seventh Batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units