Ruins of Dieshi Mountain

Ruins of Dieshi Mountain

The ruins of Dieshi Mountain is a cultural tourism attraction.

The ruins of Dieshi Mountain are located to the south of Chaguang Village in Nanshan District, Shenzhen. They date back to the Zhou Dynasty. The site is distributed along the eastern and northern slopes of Dieshi Mountain, covering an area of approximately 30,000 square meters. Discovered in 1987, 330 square meters were excavated in the same year. The findings include one stilt-house structure site with 49 postholes and one ash pit. A rich array of artifacts was unearthed, including pottery, stone tools, bronze ware, and ironware. The pottery is mainly clay-based, fired at high temperatures, and includes vessels such as jars, pots, zun, boxes, bowls, dou, gui, ewers, bowls, bottles, tripods, pedestals, and supports. The decorative patterns feature grid patterns, meander motifs, kui-dragon designs, double-ring patterns, dotted-circle patterns, comb-stroke patterns, as well as a small number of triangular and rice-character motifs. Some primitive porcelain items were also found. Carved symbols can be seen on the rims or ring feet of certain pottery pieces. Stone tools consist of axes and adzes. Bronze items include mattocks, and iron items include axes. Carbon-14 dating of charcoal samples indicates an age of 2,250 years ago, which is likely the lower limit of the site’s chronology.