When is the best time to visit the Liulihe Shang and Zhou ruins?

The best time to visit Liulihe Shang and Zhou ruins: Spring and Autumn in Beijing are neither hot nor cold, and the climate is moderate, making it an ideal travel season. Especially in autumn, the weather is crisp and the climate is pleasant, which is praised by Chinese and foreign tourists. golden Beijing. The best months to travel throughout the year are April, May, September and October.

Beijing is located on the northern edge of the North China Plain, surrounded by mountains and the sea. It has a typical warm temperate semi-humid continental monsoon climate with four distinct seasons. Spring flowers, autumn moon, summer rain, and winter snow each have their own characteristics. The annual average temperature is 11.8℃, the coldest month is January with an average temperature of -4.6℃, and the hottest month is July with a monthly average of 26.1℃. Beijing has shorter spring and autumn and slightly longer winter, with an average annual precipitation of 644 mm and a frost-free period of 180 days. Although Beijing has a long winter, the indoor heating equipment is very good, making it as warm as spring. Due to the large temperature difference between indoors and outdoors, you still need to bring sweaters and cotton coats when traveling to Beijing in winter.

Beijing newspapers, radio stations, and TV stations all have weather forecast columns and commentary, so please pay attention. You can also dial 859, which provides weather forecasts for the current day and the next day in Chinese and English.

However, Beijing’s tourist programs are mostly cultural monuments, scenic spots, and folk customs. These projects are not affected by the climate, so you can travel to Beijing all year round. In winter, travel agencies and hotels in Beijing offer off-season prices, which can save a lot.

The Liuli River Shang and Zhou ruins are located in the area of ??Dongjialin Village and Huangtupo Village, on both sides of the Beijing (Beijing)-Guangzhou (Guangzhou) Railway. It is 43 kilometers away from the city. The scope includes Huicheng, Liulitian, Dongjialin, Huangtupo, Lijiao, Zhuangtou and other villages in the north of Liuli River. The site is 3.5 kilometers long from east to west and 1.5 kilometers wide from north to south. It contains three parts: residential site, ancient city site and tomb area. Excavations of this ancient cultural site began in the early 1970s. Through analysis and research of the unearthed artifacts, it was determined that they belonged to the ancient cultural relics of the Shang and Zhou dynasties. The site is large in scale and is divided into three parts: residential area, ancient city site and tomb area. House foundations, used cellars, pottery kilns, etc. that people lived in during the Shang and Zhou dynasties were found at the residential site. Some living utensils and production tools were also found, including pottery, pottery stoves, stone tools, clam ware, and bone horn tools. In the strata of the Western Zhou Dynasty, drilled divination bones were also found. In some ash pits and strata, a small number of pottery vessels belonging to the Shang Dynasty were found. The ancient city site is located in the north and east and west sides of Dongjialin Village, the Shang and Zhou ruins of Liuli River. The city walls are made of rammed loess. The north wall is more than 800 meters long, and the east and west walls extend 300 meters each. The city wall is about 10 meters wide, with a shallow groove at the bottom, slope protection on both sides of the lower part of the main city wall, and a trench outside the city. The city wall was built in sections, and the rammed soil was pure, reddish-brown, and hard in texture. The ramming layer is generally 3 to 5 centimeters thick, and the tamping nests are round in shape, about 3 centimeters in diameter, and very dense. It is the earliest ancient city ruins discovered so far in Beijing, and is of great value to the study of the early history and culture of the Yan Kingdom. The most concentrated area of ??tombs is Huangtupo Village in the middle of the site. By the end of 1983, more than 300 large, medium and small tombs and more than 30 chariot and horse pits had been excavated. According to the scale of tombs, they can be divided into three types: large, medium and small. The basic characteristics of tombs are: small and medium-sized tombs are rectangular earth pits with vertical pits, usually surrounded by a two-story platform of mature soil, and a coffin is placed at the bottom of the pit. The chamber part of large tombs is also a rectangular earth pit with vertical pits, usually with two tomb passages. Some of them have four tomb passages, and the wood at the bottom of the pit is well preserved. In terms of bone preservation, small tombs are generally better, and the burial style is mostly with the body stretched out and the body bent. Medium and small tombs contain sacrificial dogs. Seven of the tombs were found to contain martyrdom. Funerary objects. They are mostly placed on the second floor platform and in the coffin room in front of the head. Small tombs are mainly pottery, medium-sized tombs are mainly bronzes, and large tombs are heavily stolen, so bronzes are rare. In the chariot and horse pits attached, the minimum number is two horses and one cart, and the maximum number is 42 horses and more than ten carts. Some chariot and horse pits do not contain many bronze chariot and horse utensils. Among the unearthed funerary objects, it is worth noting the bronze vessels Fuzun and Bojuge. Boju Li was made by Boju to commemorate the reward from Marquis Yan. All parts of the vessel are decorated with cow head patterns. The shape is unique, exquisite and gorgeous, and the decoration is vivid. It has a high level of artistic design and casting technology. It is a bronze vessel. A rare treasure. The Jinding was unearthed from Tomb No. 253. It is 62 centimeters tall and weighs 41.5 kilograms. It is the largest piece of Shang and Zhou bronze ware discovered and unearthed in Beijing. There are 26 words inscribed on the inner wall of the vessel, which record that Jin was ordered by Marquis Lin to go there. Zong Zhou contributed food to the Taibao and was rewarded by the Taibao. This is consistent with the historical records and reflects the relationship between the Yan Kingdom and the Zhou royal family. Among the unearthed artifacts are jade wares, lacquer wares, etc. The production of jade wares reflects the level of jade craftsmanship in the Shang Dynasty. Lacquer ware includes bean, cup, pottery, Gui, Yi, goblet, pot, pot and other utensils. Some of the utensils use mussel slice inlay technology and have various patterns drawn with colored lacquer. Among them, a piece of lacquerware with a height of 50 centimeters is the largest and is a masterpiece in lacquerware production. The discovery of this batch of lacquer ware has advanced the theory that the history of snail lacquer ware in China began in the Southern and Northern Dynasties by 1,500 years. In 1988, the Liulihe site was designated as a nationally protected cultural relic.