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Tanheli

炭河里
Tanheli Site
Location within Hunan
Region	Huangcai, Ningxiang, Hunan
Coordinates	28°09′09″N 112°06′46″E / 28.15256418933271°N 112.11280976686477°E / 28.15256418933271; 112.11280976686477

Tanheli (Chinese: 炭河里; pinyin: Tànhélǐ) is an archaeological site in Ningxiang, Hunan, one of major national historical and cultural sites in Hunan.

Situated in the upper reaches of the Wei River in Tanheli village, Huangcai town, Ningxiang, it is renowned as a Bronze Age cultural center in South China. Tanheli is famous as the location where the Four-goat Square Zun and the Da He ding were excavated along with 300 other bronze relics. It was identified as a site of the Western Zhou dynasty (ca. 11th century–771 BC). The core covers an area of 888,600 square metres (9,565,000 sq ft).

References

1. ^ Wang Xijia (2014), p. 16–17.
2. changsha.gov (September 16, 2016): Tanheli Bronze Museum to be open on September 30
3. nxagri.gov (July 3, 2015): About Tanheli Site (Chinese / 中文)
4. prnewswire.co.uk: Ningxiang's Annual Tourism Conference Invites Guests Worldwide to Visit
5. nxagri.gov: About Tanheli Site (July 3, 2015)

Bibliography

• Wang Xijia (2014). 长沙史话 [A Brief History of Changsha] (in Chinese). Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press. ISBN 978-7-5097-6662-0.

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