Ruins of Shi Le's City

　　Ruins of Shi Le's City (Third Batch of Provincial-Level Protected Sites)

　　Era: Jin Dynasty

　　Location: 28 kilometers northeast of Xiangyuan County, north of Chengdi Village, Xiyi Town

　　According to the 1782 (Qianlong 47th Year) edition of the Xiangyuan County Annals: "In the second year of the Daxing era of the Jin Dynasty (319 AD), Shi Le advanced into Xiangguo, declared himself the King of Zhao, later attacked Shangdang, and built a city north of Chengdi Village to store fodder and grain — the foundation remains to this day." The Xiyi Town to the west of the ruins was where Shi Le stationed his troops; the Hujiaonao Village to the northeast was where his guard troops were stationed; the Huaguo Garden Village to the east was his garden. The surrounding villages are all named due to their association with Shi Le’s imperial city.

　　The ruins face south and measure 1,000 meters from north to south and 500 meters from east to west. Most of the earthen foundations of the city walls can still be traced. The surviving sections of the wall run east-west. The remaining wall section is 27 meters long and 6 meters high, with a base width of 6 meters. The wall was constructed using rammed earth, with ramming pits 8 to 9 centimeters in diameter and layers of rammed earth 9 to 11 centimeters thick. Within the site, relics such as the Temple of Heaven, ancient wells, cave sites, various pottery shards, architectural components, and three-edged arrowheads have been preserved, with cultural strata up to 4 meters thick in some areas. The ruins are well-preserved and serve as important physical evidence for studying the settlement of the Jie people in Central Plains during the Eastern Jin and Sixteen Kingdoms period, as well as their establishment of a capital and kingdom.