Pingliang Terrace [Zhoukou]

The foursquare Pingliang Terrace is five meters high, covers an area of 100 mu. With a history of more than 4,600 years, the relic of the ancient citiy of Pingliang Terrace is just Wanqiu. It is the earliest ancient city unearthed in China currently. The Chenfengwanqiu, Dongmenzhifen, er’yazhushu and Jinshu of The Book of Songs, the first poetry anthology in China, all have records of Pingliang Terrace. According to the records of the history records and geographical analyses, Pingliang Terrace is just the ancient Wanqiu, where the relic of Taihao situated and Shennong lived. With the longest history and largest area, the most well-preserved ancient city has important values and meanings of some important academic issues, such as the emerging of the ancient city in China, the origins of our country, the early period of slavery, etc. Numerous precious cultural relics are unearthed in this place, including the tool of production, articles of daily use, decorations, they were used by hominid. Lots of spoors of the earthen houses where hominid lived and the relics of kilns where hominid made potteries are found in the relic of this ancient city. Combining with cultural literature, archeologists have analyzed and tested the numerous unearthed cultural relics; they all agree that the relic of the ancient city of Pingliang Terrace and the relic of Wanqiu of Taixu are just the same place. Thus, the histories of “The Chenwei Relic of Taihao” and “The Yan Emperor Shennong Built the Capital in Chen” are approved in the first step.