The Site of Yuwangcheng

　　Era: Eastern Zhou to Han Dynasty

　　Address: 7.5 kilometers northwest of Xia County at the foot of the Zhongtiao Mountains

　　The ancient city site consists of three sets of city walls: large, medium, and small. The large city has an approximately trapezoidal layout, with a perimeter of about 15.5 kilometers and a total area of 13 square kilometers. The northern, western, and southwestern sections of the southern wall are relatively well-preserved, generally standing 1–4 meters above the ground, with the western wall reaching up to 8 meters. Most of the eastern wall survives only as intermittent remnants. Outside the northern section of the western wall, traces of a moat about 30 meters wide can be seen. Artifacts from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods unearthed here include li tripods, basins, jars, shallow plate-shaped dou vessels, lidded dou vessels, steamers, cylindrical tiles, and flat tiles. Han Dynasty relics such as scroll-cloud patterned roof tiles and rope-patterned flat tiles have also been found.

　　Preliminary research suggests that the large city may have been the capital of the State of Wei during the Warring States period, known as Anyi; the medium city was likely the administrative center of Hedong Commandery during the Qin and Han dynasties; and the small city, which has the longest period of use, may have been the palace city of the original Anyi, built in the Eastern Zhou period and still in use during the Northern Wei Dynasty.