Ancient Luhe City and Its Tombs

　　Ancient Luhe City and Its Tombs (Second Batch of Provincial-Level Protected Sites)

　　Era: Spring and Autumn & Warring States Periods

　　Address: Xin'anquan Town, Luhe and Gucheng Villages, on the northern bank of the Zhuozhang River, 18 km northeast of Lucheng City

　　Historically, the Western Zhou–era State of Lu and the Spring and Autumn–era State of Lu Infant established their capitals in Gucheng Village. Remnants of the ancient city walls include parts of the western and northern sections. The ancient tomb complex is situated on a sunlit hillside facing water and backed by mountains, located north of the ancient city site and behind Gucheng Village. A gully in the central part of the burial ground divides it into eastern and western sections. The eastern section has a dense concentration of tombs, mostly medium-sized ones. Analysis of unearthed artifacts suggests these tombs date slightly earlier, to the middle and late Spring and Autumn periods. The western section is larger, with fewer medium-sized tombs but many small ones, belonging to the Warring States period through the Qin and Han dynasties. Rescue excavations were carried out in 1983 and 1991, yielding a rich trove of over a thousand artifacts. Bronze items primarily include ding (tripods), dou (stemmed bowls), hu (jars), and pans, as well as mirrors, jars, sets of bells (ritual models), upright bells, dagger-axes, spears, swords, arrowheads, and chariot fittings. In addition, numerous jade, stone, bone, and pottery artifacts were also discovered.