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The Xiejia Bay Ancient Copper Smelting Site

Published: 2026-11-07 👁 100 views
Last updated 2026-11-07 — The Xiejia Bay Ancient Copper Smelting Site is located in Baiguo Tree Bay, Jindian Village, Dongqiao Town, Zhongxiang City. It is a site from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, covering an area of approximately 33,000 square meters, with cultural...

The Xiejia Bay Ancient Copper Smelting Site

  The Xiejia Bay Ancient Copper Smelting Site

  Located in Baiguo Tree Bay, Jindian Village, Dongqiao Town, Zhongxiang City, this is a site from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. It covers an area of about 33,000 square meters, with a cultural layer approximately 2 meters thick. Exposed copper smelting slag has been found. Collected pottery fragments are mainly sandy gray pottery mixed with clay, followed by red clay pottery, featuring decorations such as stamp impressions and rope patterns. Artifact shapes include basins, dou (food containers), jars, li (tripod cauldrons), ding (tripod vessels), as well as molds, tubular tiles, and flat tiles. (Third Batch)

The Xiejia Bay Ancient Copper Smelting Site is a provincial-level key cultural relics protection unit.
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  Source: Hubei Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics

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