{"id":1136,"date":"2025-12-04T20:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T12:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/106.14.222.219\/?p=1136"},"modified":"2025-12-04T20:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T12:56:09","slug":"yancheng-ruins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/106.14.222.219\/index.php\/2025\/12\/04\/yancheng-ruins\/","title":{"rendered":"Yancheng Ruins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-parallax\" style=\"min-height:447px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-52 has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(http:\/\/106.14.222.219\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20210318142755_39041_short.jpg)\"><\/div><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:51px\">Yancheng Ruins<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Intrduction<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Yancheng Ruins, located at No. 201 Wuyi Middle Road, Wujin District, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, covers an area of 650,000 square meters and is a ground city site dating back to the Spring and Autumn Period.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"754\" src=\"http:\/\/106.14.222.219\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20251129000126_143_4-1024x754.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-561\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/106.14.222.219\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20251129000126_143_4-1024x754.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/106.14.222.219\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20251129000126_143_4-600x442.jpg 600w, http:\/\/106.14.222.219\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20251129000126_143_4-300x221.jpg 300w, http:\/\/106.14.222.219\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20251129000126_143_4-768x565.jpg 768w, http:\/\/106.14.222.219\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20251129000126_143_4.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Composed of an inner city, a middle city, an outer city, and three moats, Yancheng Ruins stretches 850 meters east-west and 750 meters north-south, with a total area of 650,000 square meters. Its unique layout of &#8220;three cities encircled by three moats&#8221; is an evolution of moated settlements in the Jiangnan region during the Neolithic Age, distinct from the urban layouts of the Central Plains. It provides valuable materials for the study of Pre-Qin urban development in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River .<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On January 13, 1988, Yancheng Ruins was approved and announced as a National Key Cultural Relic Protection Unit (the 3rd batch) by the State Council of the People&#8217;s Republic of China<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Characteristics of the Ruins<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/106.14.222.219\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/23636462_113957161000_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54\" style=\"width:267px;height:auto\" srcset=\"http:\/\/106.14.222.219\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/23636462_113957161000_2.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/106.14.222.219\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/23636462_113957161000_2-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/106.14.222.219\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/23636462_113957161000_2-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/106.14.222.219\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/23636462_113957161000_2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>Yancheng Ruins consists of an inner city (Zicheng), a middle city (Neicheng), an outer city (Waicheng), and three moats. Stretching 850 meters east-west and 750 meters north-south, it covers a total area of 650,000 square meters. The city walls are all built of rammed earth, generally about 3 meters high with the highest point reaching 10 meters. A large number of mound tombs are distributed inside and around Yancheng, such as Tou Dui (Head Mound), Du Dui (Belly Mound), Jiao Dui (Foot Mound), Gan Family Mound, Tu Family Mound, Camel Mound, and Dragon Mound. Some of these tombs have been archaeologically excavated, yielding artifacts such as primitive celadon and impressed hard pottery. These findings confirm that the mounds date back to the mid-late Western Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period, concurrent with Yancheng Ruins, and are an integral part of the site.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Inner City (Zicheng)<\/strong>  <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>Also known as the Royal City, the inner city (Zicheng) is located in the north-central part of Yancheng, presenting a square shape with a circumference of approximately 500 meters. Due to later damage, no large-scale architectural remains have been found within the inner city, only two ancient wells. The original river course of the inner city was buried and turned into farmland; its existence was confirmed during archaeological excavations in 1986, verifying Yancheng\u2019s unique layout of &#8220;three cities encircled by three moats.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Middle City (Neicheng)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>The middle city (Neicheng), also called the Inner Luocheng City, is situated in the northern part of the site and is square in shape with a city wall circumference of about 1,500 meters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Outer City (Waicheng)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/106.14.222.219\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20251129000138_147_4-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-564\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.6666666666666667;object-fit:cover;width:267px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/106.14.222.219\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20251129000138_147_4-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/106.14.222.219\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20251129000138_147_4-600x800.jpg 600w, http:\/\/106.14.222.219\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20251129000138_147_4-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/106.14.222.219\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20251129000138_147_4-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/106.14.222.219\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20251129000138_147_4.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>The outer city (Waicheng), also known as the Outer Luocheng City, is roughly an irregular ellipse with a city wall circumference of approximately 2,500 meters. Notably, there are no land routes connecting the inner, middle, and outer cities\u2014only waterways between the moats, with boats serving as the sole means of entry and exit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Public Transportation <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> Bus &amp; Metro Routes Requiring Walking\/Cycling<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-accent-color has-secaccent-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-fixed-layout\" style=\"border-width:5px\"><tbody><tr><td>III. Bus &amp; Metro Routes Transport Type<\/td><td>Route\/Station<\/td><td>Exit\/Alighting Station<\/td><td>Transfer Method<\/td><td>Walking\/Cycling Distance &amp; Time<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Metro<\/td><td>Metro Line 1<\/td><td><br>Yanzheng Avenue Station<\/td><td>Exit 4<\/td><td><br>About 1.2 km (15-minute walk) or 3-minute bike ride<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Metro<\/td><td>Metro Line 1<\/td><td><br>Kejiaocheng North Station<\/td><td><br>Exit 2<\/td><td><br>About 1.5 km (5-minute bike ride)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Regular Bus<\/td><td>Route 307, 509<\/td><td>Wuyi Middle Road Ding&#8217;an Road Station<\/td><td>No transfer<\/td><td><br>800-meter walk north (10 minutes)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>BRT Transfer<\/td><td>Route B1\/B2 transfer to Route B15<\/td><td><br>Lanling Road Guanghua Road Station (transfer)<\/td><td><br>Free transfer within BRT stations<\/td><td>Direct arrival after transfer, no additional walking required<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-d445cf74 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/106.14.222.219\/index.php\/changzhou-history\/\">return<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intrduction Characteristics of the Ruins Overview Yanch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-changzhou-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/106.14.222.219\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/106.14.222.219\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/106.14.222.219\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/106.14.222.219\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/106.14.222.219\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1136"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/106.14.222.219\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1138,"href":"http:\/\/106.14.222.219\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136\/revisions\/1138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/106.14.222.219\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/106.14.222.219\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/106.14.222.219\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}