Liulihe site

The Liulihe-site ( Chinese  琉璃河遗址 , Pinyin Liulihe yízhǐ , English Liulihe site ) in the city subdistrict Liulihe , District Fangshan , Beijing , China , is a former capital of the state Yan from the Western Zhou Dynasty .

In 1973 several bronzes with the inscription "匽 (燕) 侯" ("Yan hou", ie "Margrave of Yan") were excavated there. After the tomb, the site is also called the tomb of the state of Yan ( 燕 国 墓地 , Yanguo mudi , English State of Yan Cemetery ).

It has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China in Beijing (3-201) since 1988 .

literature

• Beijingshi Wenwu Yanjiusuo (Beijing Cultural Relic Research Institute): Liulihe Xizhou Yanguo Mudi: 1973-1977 (Yan State Cemetery of the Western Zhou Period at Liulihe) Beijing, 1995; ISBN 7501008655 (English summary)
• Sun, Yan. 2006. "Cultural and Political Control in North China: Style and Use of the Bronzes of Yan at Liulihe during the Early Western Zhou." In: Contact and Exchange in the Ancient World . Edited by Victor H. Mair. University of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu. Pages 215-237. ISBN 9780824828844 ; ISBN 0824828844 .

Web links

• The Ye-maek Tungus in Central Manchuria and Korean Peninsula (PDF file; 1.17 MB)

Coordinates: 39 ° 36 ′ 55 ″  N , 116 ° 3 ′ 0 ″  E