Yinxu site

Yin Ruins, formerly known as Beimeng, are the ruins of the capital of China in the late Shang Dynasty. It is located atNo. 1 Yinxu Road, Yindu District, Anyang City, Henan Province, with a length of about 6 kilometers and a total area of about 36 square kilometers. The core area of the heritage reserve is 4 14 hectares and the buffer area is 720 hectares. It is the first capital in the history of China, and now it is a national AAAAA tourist attraction. 1961March was included in the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

Yin Ruins, formerly known as Beimeng, are the ruins of the capital of China in the late Shang Dynasty. It is located atNo. 1 Yinxu Road, Yindu District, Anyang City, Henan Province, with geographical coordinates of11418' 50 "E, 36 07' 36" N, with an altitude of about 80m and a length and width of about 6km. It is the first capital in the history of China, and now it is a national AAAAA tourist attraction. About 6,543,850,000 pieces of Oracle bones have been unearthed successively. 1961March was included in the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. In July 2006, it was included in the World Cultural Heritage List by UNESCO. On March 20, 2020, Anyang Yinxu Scenic Area resumed its opening to the outside world.

At the beginning of 20th century, Yin Ruins were famous for the excavation of Oracle Bone Inscriptions. 1928 started the archaeological excavation of Yin Ruins, and unearthed a large number of architectural sites in the capital city and rich cultural remains represented by Oracle Bone Inscriptions and bronzes, which systematically displayed the splendid bronze civilization in the late Shang Dynasty in China and established the scientific status of Yin Shang society as a trustworthy history. It was rated as the first "100 major archaeological discovery" in China in the 20th century.