Site of Huoluochaideng City

Site of Huoluochaideng City

The Site of Huoluochaideng City is a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

The Site of Huoluochaideng City is located in Haoraochaidamu Sumu, Hangjin Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The ancient city has a rectangular layout, stretching 1,446 meters from east to west and approximately 1,100 meters from north to south. The city walls were built with rammed earth, with a base width of 13 meters and remaining heights of 0.5 to 2 meters. A main east-west street, about 50 meters wide, runs through the center of the city. In the central western part, there is a large architectural platform base, and in its northeastern area, there are coin-casting remains. The cultural layer within the city is about 0.8 meters thick, yielding artifacts such as rope-patterned cylindrical and flat tiles, concave-corded flat tiles, diamond-patterned square bricks, and “Thousand Autumns” roof tiles. To the east, south, and west of the city are burial sites of considerable scale, including vertical earthen pits, brick-chambered tombs, and earthen cave tombs. In 1971, 57 tombs were excavated, unearthing gray pottery and glazed pottery items such as storage bins, stoves, wells, jars, and incense burners, as well as bronze vessels like fāng (square wine containers), pots, and “Wu Zhu” coins. Based on the discovery of a bronze seal inscribed with “Xihé Nónglìng” (Agricultural Official of Xihé Commandery) and other related relics, it is estimated that the site dates back to the period from Emperor Wu of Han to Wang Mang, falling within the jurisdiction of Xihé Commandery.

In May 2006, the Site of Huoluochaideng City was designated as part of the sixth group of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units by the State Council.

Further Reading:

· Sixth Group of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units