Longwangshan Site

　　The Longwangshan Site is situated at the boundary between Manmei Village and Nanqiao Village in Zilingpu Town, Dongbao District, Jingmen City, about 15 kilometers south of the city center. The site lies on the western bank of the Han River, covering an area of about 200,000 square meters.

　　The site was discovered in the 1990s. In 2007, the Hubei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and other institutions excavated the burial area of the site. The excavation covered an area of 1,700 square meters. A total of 203 tombs dating from the Daxi Culture to the Qujialing Culture period were cleared, with the distribution showing large tombs at the center surrounded by medium and small-sized tombs. Thousands of pottery items, a large number of jade artifacts, and a considerable amount of stone tools were unearthed. The pottery mainly includes tripods, cups, jars, vats, curved-belly cups, slender-necked ewers, basins, vessel lids, and spinning whorls; the jade items consist of huang pendants, rings, bi disks, tassels, tubes, and other ornaments.

　　The Longwangshan Site dates from the late Daxi Culture to the Qujialing Culture period. The burial ground is well-preserved and represents the highest-standard tombs of the same period found so far in the Han River basin of the middle Yangtze River region. Therefore, this site (especially the burials) is of great significance for studying the relationship between the Daxi and Qujialing cultures in the prehistoric period of the middle Yangtze region, as well as for exploring the origin, characteristics, development, motivations, and even the origins of early Chinese civilization.