Tanheli
炭河里 | |
Location within Hunan | |
Location |
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Region | Huangcai. Ningxiang, Hunan |
Coordinates | 28°09′09″N 112°06′46″E / 28.15256418933271°N 112.11280976686477°E |
Tanheli (Chinese: 炭河里; pinyin: Tànhélǐ) is an archaeological site in Ningxiang, Hunan Province, South Central China, one of major national historical and cultural sites in Hunan.[1]
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.[2] 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.[3] 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).[4]
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