Zhougong Miao
The Zhougong Miao , also Duke of Zhou Temple , Zhougong Temple ( Chinese 周公庙 , Pinyin Zhōugōng miào ; English Temple of the Duke of Zhou / Zhougong Temple Ruins etc.) or the "Ruins of the Zhougong Temple" etc. in the area of the Zhouyuan site - the place of origin of the Zhou dynasty - is an archaeological site from the time of the Western Zhou dynasty in the south of the Fenghuang Shan凤凰 山mountains in the Qishan district of the district-free city of Baoji in the northwestern Chinese province of Shaanxi .
The manorial tomb discovered there was attributed by Chinese archaeologists to the family of the Duke of Zhou ( Zhou Gong ). The Zhougong-Miao-site is named after a temple from the first Tang -Kaiser Gaozu was built in honor of the Duke of Zhou.
A large number of oracle bone inscriptions were discovered on the edge of the great manorial tombs , which is why the site is also known as the " Yinxu ruins of the Western Zhou Dynasty". Of the more than 2,200 characters , over 1,600 could be identified.
The site has been studied by the Shaanxi Provincial Archeology Research Institute and the Beijing University Archaeological Institute .
The buildings of the Zhougong Miao ( Duke of Zhou Temple ) from the Ming and Qing dynasties and the Fenghuangshan site ( Fenghuang Shan yizhi凤凰 山 遗址) from the time of the Shang to Zhou dynasties have been on the list since 2006 of the monuments of the People's Republic of China (6-783 and 6-196). The site was voted one of the top ten archaeological discoveries in China for 2008 .
Web links
- Experts: `Tomb a significant find ' - English
- Fragments of History: Zhougong Temple - English
- Archeologists Find Clues to 3,000-year-old Culture - English
- Xin Lang: Zhougong miao yizhi - Chinese
- Zhuanjia chubu pandin Shaanxi Qishan daxing muzang qun wei Zhou gong jiazu mu - Chinese
- New oracle bones found in Shaanxi
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.china.org.cn/english/2004/Jun/97656.htm
- ↑ http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90783/91300/6627376.html
- ↑ http://art.people.com.cn/GB/41132/41133/9053309.html
- ↑ “2008 年度 全国 十大 考古 新 发现” 在 北京 揭晓 ( Memento from April 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 34 ° 29 ′ 38.4 " N , 107 ° 35 ′ 57.8" E