Tanheli

Tanheli
炭河里
Tanheli Site
Tanheli is located in Hunan
Tanheli
Location within Hunan
RegionHuangcai, Ningxiang, Hunan
Coordinates28°09′09″N 112°06′46″E / 28.15256418933271°N 112.11280976686477°E / 28.15256418933271; 112.11280976686477

Tanheli (Chinese: 炭河里; pinyin: Tànhélǐ) is an archaeological site in Ningxiang, Hunan, one of major national historical and cultural sites in Hunan.[1][2]

Situated in the upper reaches of the Wei River in Tanheli village, Huangcai town, Ningxiang, it is renowned as a Bronze Age cultural center in South China.[1][3] Tanheli is famous as the location where the Four-goat Square Zun and the Da He ding were excavated along with 300 other bronze relics.[1][4] It was identified as a site of the Western Zhou dynasty (ca. 11th century–771 BC). The core covers an area of 888,600 square metres (9,565,000 sq ft).[5]

  1. ^ a b c Wang Xijia (2014), p. 16–17.
  2. ^ changsha.gov (September 16, 2016): Tanheli Bronze Museum to be open on September 30
  3. ^ nxagri.gov (July 3, 2015): About Tanheli Site (Chinese / 中文)
  4. ^ prnewswire.co.uk: Ningxiang's Annual Tourism Conference Invites Guests Worldwide to Visit
  5. ^ nxagri.gov: About Tanheli Site (July 3, 2015)