Annex II Shaanxi's Archaeological Sites Listed on China's Annual Top 10 Archaeological Sites Discovered since 2013

Weiqiao Site in Chang'an of the Han, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 2013

Weiqiao Site is located in the north of Chang'an City Site of the Han Dynasty, presently the north suburb of Xi'an City. Altogether seven bridges in three groups were excavated. Bridge No. 1 is the world's biggest wooden beam bridge discovered so far, and the first bridge in the Silk Road after departing Chang'an in the Han Dynasty.

Zhouyuan Site, Baoji, Shaanxi, 2015

The building in the site has the biggest single foundation of Western Zhou Dynasty discovered so far and features the ordinary "residence-tomb zone" of the migrants of Yin and Shang Dynasties. The discoveries contributed to new cognition of the population and social structure of city communities in the Western Zhou Dynasty.

Yongshan Xuechi Sacrifice Site of the Qin and Han Dynasties, Fengxiang, Shaanxi, 2016

It is the first sacrifice site discovered near Yongcheng, the capital of Qin Kingdom, and complies with ancient records. It features early history, big scale, definite nature, long existence and completeness in function and structure as a large-scale national sacrifice site.

Yangguanzhai Site, Gaoling, Shaanxi, 2017

The site is a large-sized adult tomb of the Miaodigou Civilization Period confirmed for the first time in China.

The Yueyang City Site of Qin and Han Dynasties, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 2017

Pottery inscribed with clear characters "Yueyang" were first unearthed at the site, proving "ShangYang's Reform" took place in Yueyang. As an important step in China's city development, Yueyang City is of great value to study the capital planning of the Qin and Han dynasties as well as the evolution history of China's cities.

Lushanmao Neolithic Site, Yan'an, Shaanxi, 2018

The site is centered on four Taicheng-style buildings, covering an area of more than 2 million square meters. The largest of the four Taicheng "Da Ying Pan Liang"department is distributed with three courtyards—a large courtyard in the north and two small courtyards in the south, forming a layout of the Chinese character "pin" (品).

Liujiawa Site of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Chengcheng, Shaanxi, 2018

The site, composed of the city part, the residence part and the base of the city, was excavated a large number of valuable cultural relics like bronze, gold, jade, iron, pottery and lacquered wood artifacts. It is inferred that this is the capital city site and cemetery in later period of Ruiguo (one of vassal states during the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period), which fills the gap in the history of this period. The discovery of the site has filled a gap in the history of late Rui.

The Imperial Platform of Shimao Site, Shenmu, Shaanxi, 2019

Surrounded and protected by the inner and outer cities, the Imperial Platform of Shimao Site may have already functioned as an early imperial city. It is the best preserved and the largest early palace complex in East Asia, showing the ultimate glory of the mysterious kingdom capital on the Loess Plateau.

Sixteen Kingdoms Tombs in Shaolingyuan Plateau, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 2020

Three high-level tombs of the Sixteen Kingdoms Period were excavated with huge size, peculiar shape and complete structure, along with earth sculpture architecture, murals and painted pottery figurines. They are the largest high-level tombs of the Sixteen Kingdoms Period discovered in China up to now.

Jiangcun Village Tomb, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 2021

The excavation of Jiangcun Village Tomb helped to determine the exact location of the Ba Mausoleum and solved the problem of the name and position of 11 mausoleums of the Western Han Dynasty. In addition, the excavation has provided detailed archaeological data for the study of the formation, development and evolution of the imperial mausoleum system in the Western Han Dynasty, and laid foundation for the in-depth study of the imperial mausoleum system in ancient China.