Ruins of Prince Jin’s City

　　Located within Jincheng Village, Wuba Township, it was successively designated as a key cultural relic protection site by the People's Committee of Shandong Province in 1957 and the Revolutionary Committee of Henan Province in 1976. Volume 22 of the Yanzhou Prefecture Records compiled by Yu Shenxing in the Ming Dynasty states: “The remnants of the city still exist, and it is said to have been a military camp built by Prince Jin Li Keyong.” The city is believed to have been built either by Li Keyong during his campaign against Huang Chao at the end of the Tang Dynasty or by Li Cunxu of the Later Tang Dynasty when fighting against the Later Liang Dynasty. It was named Prince Jin’s City because both Li Keyong and his son Li Cunxu successively held the title of Prince of Jin. The city is square-shaped, with sides measuring 200 meters long, and walls constructed from rammed earth that are 20 meters thick, appearing in a grayish-brown hue. There were three gates — east, west, and south — and a Zhenwu Temple stood at the center of the city. Serving as a military fortress, the city was strategically located along the western bank of the Yellow River. Due to repeated breaches in the Yellow River over the dynasties, the city gradually became buried under silt. In 1958, during land deep-plowing near Jincheng Village, numerous human and horse bones were unearthed. In the 1960s, remnants of the northern city wall still remained, measuring approximately 5 to 6 meters in length, characterized by their hard texture and fire-resistant properties. Villagers often dug up soil from the city wall to use for house foundations or to build stoves. By 1977, all visible parts of the city wall above ground had been destroyed. A commemorative stele now stands on the surface of the site.