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Chongqing News

Remains of the Song-Mongolia War period are discovered in Fuling

2018-06-21 13:21:48

West Gate

CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- The Chongqing Cultural Heritage Research Institute, Fuling Museum, recently invited forty citizens to an Archaeological Dig of Guiling Relics. Since archaeological digging last November, it is the first opening for the relics outside of China. The relics include walls, gates, emplacements in the Song-Mongolia War Period and the layout of the relics are clearly shown.

A spokesperson from the Chongqing Cultural Heritage Research Institute says, during Song-Mongolia War period, in order to defend the Army of the Yuan Dynasty, Yang Li, the governor of Fuling, built a wall at Santaishan, which changed to Santaizhai in 1266. The same year, the government of Fuling moved there until the Army of the Yuan Dynasty defeated it in 1280. The stone tablet to commemorate building the wall is decorated with a delicate dragon design which shows the time of building the wall in regular script at the East Gate of the relics.

At the West Gate, a large number of stone missiles used by the defenders of a besieged city left during the Song-Mongolia War period were scattered. These stones are spheres with a diameter of about 30 centimeters and are well preserved. In the core area of the relics, two stone lions are magnificent. “Stone lions are symbols of power. This area may have been the government office of Guiling.” The representative said that in the second half of this year, the Chongqing Cultural Heritage Research Institute will dig mainly this area.

It is understood that the walls, gates, emplacements, base of the building, road, drainage ditch, reservoir and the inscription of the Guiling relics have been centrally dug, and the layout of the relics is clearly presented. This provides strong academic support for the in-depth study of the walls defense system during the Song-Mongolia War period. (Translated by Xu Pengfei, Fathom Language Limited)

 

Editor:Jiang Yiwei