Introduction and history of Yanzhou ancient city

Yanzhou Ancient City, located in jiande city, Zhejiang Province, has a very long history. As early as the 25th year of Qin Dynasty, the county was established, with a history of 1800 years.

Yanzhou area is mountainous and surrounded by mountains, with only a small plain in the middle, which belongs to the hilly area of Zhongshan in western Zhejiang. Fu Cha first left a legacy in the streets of Tonglu old county today, then moved to Luoshan county, and finally moved to Meicheng in the second year of the fifth anniversary.

Yanzhou Prefecture originally governed six counties, namely Chun 'an, Jiande, Tonglu, Fenshui, Shou Chang and Sui 'an, with a land area of 8,596 square kilometers, ranking seventh in Zhejiang Province. The land of Yanzhou County merged into Tonglu County, Chun 'an County and jiande city under the jurisdiction of Hangzhou today. As a national 4A-level tourist attraction, Yanzhou Ancient City has a long history and profound cultural heritage, and is an important business card of Jiande and even Zhejiang.

Tourist attraction

1, Fuchunjiang

Including Fuchunjiang, Xin 'anjiang and Qiandao Lake (also known as two rivers and one lake), the scenic spot spans Fuyang, Tonglu, Jiande and Chun 'an, with an area of 1 123 square kilometers; Its upper part is connected with Huangshan Mountain and its lower part is connected with West Lake. It is a famous "golden tourist route" in the southeast of China with beautiful scenery, quiet scenery and a long history. It is famous for its water, mountains, water, forests, islands and caves and numerous human landscapes.

2. Qiandao Lake

Located in Chun 'an County, the western suburb of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. Qiandao Lake is known as "roaming in the picture world of a thousand islands and clear water" because of its green hills, clear water, strange caves and strange rocks. Its lake covers an area of 573 square kilometers, and there are 1078 islands of various shapes in the lake, with an average water depth of 34 meters and visibility of 9- 14 meters. It is a national first-class water body, praised as "the best water in the world" by Mu Qing, former president of Xinhua News Agency.

3. Wuguidong Site

This is Xinqiao Village, Lijia Township, 5 kilometers south of Jiande County. The mouth of the cave faces slightly west and south. 1974 The vertebrate paleontology Institute of Paleoanthropology of Chinese Academy of Sciences cooperated with Zhejiang Museum to excavate the upper and lower strata containing fossils in the cave.

An upper right canine tooth fossil belonging to Homo sapiens Liujiang was found in the upper layer, which was about 50,000 years ago, roughly equivalent to the late Late Pleistocene, and was named Jiande Man. This discovery has increased the distribution of Homo sapiens fossils in China, which is of great significance in archaeology.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yanzhou