Brief Report on Excavation of Liaozhongjing Site from 1959 to 1960
From 1959 to 1960,the Inner Mongolia Cultural Relics Work Team conducted a comprehensive survey and key excavation on the Liaozhongjing site,and basically understood the urban layout of Liaozhongjing.As the largest city among the five capitals of the Liao Dynasty and the political,economic,military,and cultural center of the mid to late period,Liaozhongjing had an overall form between the Tang and Song dynasties,consisting of three layers of city walls:outer city,imperial city,and palace city.The southern city located at the south of the imperial city,which is the same size as the imperial city and extends south to the southern wall of the outer city,is like the city site of Han residents.The felt tent construction area discovered within the imperial city retains the Khitan ethnic style,confirming that the construction system of Khitan capital cities differs from that of feudal dynasties in the Central Plains region.Zhongjing City is one of the best preserved capital cities established by the Khitan people,and it is also an important historical witness to the integration of ethnic groups at that time.The archaeological excavation of Zhongjing City site has opened up a systematic study of ancient city sites in Inner Mongolia during the Liao Dynasty,which is of great significance.
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