Baicaogou Site

　　The Baicaogou Site is located on a terrace along the eastern bank of the Gaya River in Anmu Village, approximately 15 kilometers southwest of Wangqing County in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Jilin Province. It is a large settlement site dating from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age.

　　The site stretches about 1,500 meters from east to west and around 500 meters from north to south, covering an area of approximately 750,000 square meters. The cultural layer is exposed along the riverbank cliffs for hundreds of meters, spread over a wide area with rich cultural content. The cultural layer varies in thickness from 0.8 to 1.5 meters and is divided into upper and lower strata. The upper layer, about 0.15 meters thick, dates to the Iron Age. The dwellings were shallow pit-houses, with living surfaces made of yellow sand mixed with black ash, about 0.1 meter thick. Stone foundations, hearths, and flues were found on the living surfaces. Artifacts unearthed include stone axes, stone knives, grinding tools, stone daggers, ring-shaped stone implements, grinding plates, grinding rods, sandstone grindstones, pottery dou (food vessels), pottery steamers, pottery basins, pottery jars, pottery urns, and iron axes.

　　The lower layer, about 0.6 meters thick, dates to the Bronze Age. The dwellings were also shallow pit-houses, with mostly unworked living surfaces. Hearths and flues were rare inside the houses, but stone foundations were still present. Artifacts found include —, stone axes, bronze buttons, bone needles, bone daggers, oracle bones, bone chisels, pottery basins, pottery jars, and pottery bowls. About 1 kilometer northwest of the site, on the northern slope of Xinhualü Village, there is a burial ground from the same period as the settlement.

　　The Baicaogou Site represents the remains of the Wozu people during the Warring States Period to the Wei-Jin Period. It is one of the most representative sites of the Bronze–Iron Age in the eastern mountainous region of Northeast China. With its rich cultural content, the site provides a comprehensive reflection of the social life of the Wozu people, as well as their connections with surrounding cultures and even the Central Plains culture. It holds significant historical and scientific value for the study of the development history of China’s northeastern frontier.

　　In May 2006, the Baicaogou Site was approved by the State Council to be included in the sixth batch of Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level.