Shuigou Qin-Han (Huizhong Palace) Ruins

Shuigou Qin-Han (Huizhong Palace) Ruins

The Shuigou Qin-Han (Huizhong Palace) Ruins are a cultural tourism attraction.

Shuigou Qin-Han (Huizhong Palace) Ruins

Shuigou Qin-Han (Huizhong Palace) Ruins The Shuigou Qin-Han (Huizhong Palace) Ruins are located on the west side of Shuigou Village, Xiangshui Town, about 1 kilometer north of the county town, covering an area of approximately 300,000 square meters, and have been confirmed as a Qin-Han site. Some historians also believe it to be the site of the Qin-Han "Huizhong Palace." The surface of the ruins is scattered with a large number of rope-patterned roof tiles, tubular tiles, and cloud-patterned eaves tiles, and excavations have yielded gray pottery jars, iron lamps, iron cauldrons, as well as "Ban Liang" and "Wu Zhu" copper coins. Also discovered were remnants of bronze crossbow mechanisms and clay-gray pottery underground drainage pipes—construction materials from the Qin-Han period. According to *Records of the Grand Historian: Annals of Qin*, in 220 BCE, Emperor Qin Shi Huang toured Longxi and Beidi, exited Jitou Mountain, and passed through Huizhong Palace. Jitou Mountain is within the territory of Jingyuan County, where Emperor Qin Shi Huang once stationed at Huizhong Palace during his frontier inspection. In 166 BCE, 140,000 Xiongnu cavalry raided the Central Plains and engaged in a fierce battle with Sun Ang, the Commandant of Beidi Commandery of the Western Han Dynasty, at Xiao Pass (now the area around Sanguankou). Sun Ang heroically faced the enemy and died in battle. As they withdrew, the Xiongnu burned Huizhong Palace, and traces of the fire can still be found in the ruins today.