The Site of Huoluochaideng City

　　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 using rammed earth, with a base width of 13 meters and remaining heights of 0.5 to 2 meters. In the central part of the city, there is an east-west street about 50 meters wide. In the middle of the western side, there is a large building foundation, with a coin-casting site located in its northeastern part. 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 “Qianqiu” (Thousand Autumns) roof tiles. To the east, south, and west of the city, there are large-scale tombs, including vertical pit graves, brick-chambered tombs, and earthen cave tombs. In 1971, 57 tombs were excavated, unearthing gray pottery and glazed pottery items such as granaries, stoves, wells, jars, and incense burners, as well as bronze vessels like fang (square wine vessels), hu (jars), and “Wuzhu” (Five Zhu) coins. Based on the discovery of a bronze seal inscribed with “Xihé Nónglìng” (Agricultural Official of Xihé Commandery) and related relics, it is estimated that the city dates back to the period between Emperor Wu of Han and 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 Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level by the State Council.