Songze Site
Address ： No. 3993, Huqingping Highway, Qingpu District, Shanghai
Address ： No. 3993, Huqingping Highway, Qingpu District, Shanghai
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The Songze Site, located north of Songze Village, Zhaogxiang Town and south of Huqingping Highway, is an important prehistoric site in Shanghai and even the wider Taihu Lake region. The Songze Culture was named after this site. Centered around the former rockery pier, the site covers about 150,000 m2, with cultural strata about 1-2m deep. Upon its discovery in 1957, the site underwent several rounds of excavations from 1961 to 2004. Neolithic remains here include the Majiabang culture and the Songze culture, of which the latter was named after the site. Archaeologists found three house foundations, two wells and 17 tombs of the Majiabang culture, artificially cultivated rice grains and such artifacts as stone axes, jade jue, pottery cauldrons, fire grates, basins and dou vessels. Also found at the site is a cemetery of the Songze culture with 148 tombs, together with funerary objects, including stone axes, adzes, chisels, jade huang, two-piece jade ware (jue), bracelets and pottery ding and dou vessels, jars, pots and cups. Cultural relics of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty include pottery dou vessels, pots and primitive porcelain bowls. The Songze Site was named a Historical and Cultural Site Protected in Qingpu County in 1961, designated a Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the Municipal Level in Shanghai in 1962, and included in the seventh list of Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level in 2013. It was included in the Top 100 Archaeological Discoveries of the 20th Century in China in 2001. The discovery of the Songze Site completely rewrote the history of human activities in Shanghai, pushing the city’s history back to 6,000 years ago. The Songze Culture named after the site improved the evolutionary spectrum of Neolithic cultures in the Taihu Lake region and was of considerable value and significance to studying the development of cultures in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. In May 2014, the Songze Site Museum was completed at this site and opened to the public free of charge.
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The Songze Site, located north of Songze Village, Zhaogxiang Town and south of Huqingping Highway, is an important prehistoric site in Shanghai and even the wider Taihu Lake region. The Songze Culture was named after this site. Centered around the former rockery pier, the site covers about 150,000 m2, with cultural strata about 1-2m deep. Upon its discovery in 1957, the site underwent several rounds of excavations from 1961 to 2004. Neolithic remains here include the Majiabang culture and the Songze culture, of which the latter was named after the site. Archaeologists found three house foundations, two wells and 17 tombs of the Majiabang culture, artificially cultivated rice grains and such artifacts as stone axes, jade jue, pottery cauldrons, fire grates, basins and dou vessels. Also found at the site is a cemetery of the Songze culture with 148 tombs, together with funerary objects, including stone axes, adzes, chisels, jade huang, two-piece jade ware (jue), bracelets and pottery ding and dou vessels, jars, pots and cups. Cultural relics of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty include pottery dou vessels, pots and primitive porcelain bowls. The Songze Site was named a Historical and Cultural Site Protected in Qingpu County in 1961, designated a Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the Municipal Level in Shanghai in 1962, and included in the seventh list of Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level in 2013. It was included in the Top 100 Archaeological Discoveries of the 20th Century in China in 2001. The discovery of the Songze Site completely rewrote the history of human activities in Shanghai, pushing the city’s history back to 6,000 years ago. The Songze Culture named after the site improved the evolutionary spectrum of Neolithic cultures in the Taihu Lake region and was of considerable value and significance to studying the development of cultures in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. In May 2014, the Songze Site Museum was completed at this site and opened to the public free of charge.
*The above information is subject to the official release by the venue, and this platform is for reference only.
