Site of the Ancient City of Fenying and Its Cemetery

　　Site of the Ancient City of Fenying and Its Cemetery (Second Batch of Provincial-Level Protected Sites)

　　Era: Spring and Autumn & Warring States Periods

　　Address: 500 meters north of Miaqian Village, Bao Ding Township, Wanrong County

　　Located on the southern side of a 30-meter-high hill, the terrain slopes from north to south. Only the northern section of the eastern wall (about 0.75 km) and the northeast corner remain. The northeast corner of the city is not clearly defined, but the remaining part of the eastern wall is relatively well preserved. It stands 1.5–4.2 meters high and ranges from 7–9 meters in width. The rammed earth layers are 8 cm thick, and the pits made during ramming have diameters of 5.5 cm. The site retains an area of approximately three to four thousand square meters. The ground is mostly uneven with numerous gullies, and ash layers and pits can be seen everywhere in the cross-sections, with thicknesses of about 3–5 meters. The ash-pit soil contains a wealth of artifacts, including a large number of gray and grayish-brown clay pottery shards and sandy pottery shards. The vessel types include jars, basins, bowls, plates, steamers, and pots, with decorative patterns mainly consisting of rope impressions and string patterns, and a few having dark or impressed patterns. Also found are roof tiles, cylindrical tiles, tile ends, broken bricks, and bronze arrowheads. Two bricks or tiles feature meander and geometric designs; one intact cylindrical tile is 0.47 meters long and 0.92 meters wide. The nearby cemetery is a cluster of tombs from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, where bronze ding (tripods), steamers, and sets of bianzhong (chime bells) have been unearthed.