The Longqiuzhun Relic
is a neolithic tribal habitation relic.It was about 7000 yers ago.The
relic covers an area of 43000 square meters. Approved by State Cultural
Relics Bureau , the Nanjing Museum , Yangzhou City Museum and Gaoyou
Cultural Relics Protection Society have successively carried out the
archaeological excavation four times and found 4 neolithic inhabitation
relics 34 ash pits and 402 tombs . At the same time , over 2000 cultural
relics containing exquisite exquisite pottery jadeware and bone-horn
ware etc were unearthed .
Especially amazingly , over 4000 grains
of carbonized rice planted 7000-5500 years ago were found. It
is ascertained that the farming rice. The rice is rare in quantity
and completeness of the rice grain thoughout our country. The
discovery and excavation of Longqiuzhun relic has a very important
meaning for researching the distribution and types of ancient
culture in the Jianghui Region, exploring the origin and spread
of China's rice farming and hunting the changes of prehistoric
ecological environment and coast .In 1993, The Longqiuzhun Relic
was chosen as one of "Ten Great Archaeological Discoveries
in China". In 1995, it was approved one of the key state-level
cultural relics protection units by the State Council.
The Longqiuzhuan Relic
The Longqiuzhuan Relic
The small rivers formed in the ancient
time surround the Longqiuzhun relic. In order to protect and employ
the historic and cultural resources of the relic and with the
purpose of protecting the relic proper and its natural environment,
over 100 farmhouses inhabiting on the relic will be moved to the
new village. In order to exert the advantage of historic and cultural
resources of the Longqiuzhun relic, it is planned that a comprehensive
natural eco-environmental tourism district combining the ancient
relics protection, Longqiu Culture research, cultural relic display,
cultural entertainment, recreation and sightseeing, eating, drinking
and shopping will be built on the basis of effective combination
of natural environment, historic humanism environment and artificial
environment.
The Tangwangdun(the mound
named after an emperor of the Tang dynasty) Relic is located
in the north-west of Longqiu Town, ecxactly speaking, within the
Tanggaodun village.
According to "the Toponym Record of Gaoyou County",
under the name of "Tangdun", it is recorded that Li
Yuan, the emperor of Wenzhu in the Tang Dynasty took refuge in
this place. Hence the name came into heing. lts former name is
Tanggaodun.In Yangzhou there is a map of relics distribution which
shows the Neolithic Relic within Gaoyou-Tangwangdun.
The archaeological team consisting of Nanjing Museum,
Yangzhou Museum and Gaoyou Museum carried out an archaeological
research and acquired great harvest. Below the depth of 50 cm
the Longshan historical and cultural crockery debris in the Neolithic
period are found and bellow the depth of 80 cm there still remain
the piled mussel shell layers.
Based on the features of unearthed cultural relics
and ctiltural deposit, the archaeologists determined that this
relic is a typical shell relic left by the NeoIithic primitives
in the medium and late period. lt was about 7000 years ago. Therefore,
the Tangwangdun relic is the most removed NeoIithic ancient relic
within Gaoyou. Gaoyou Municipal Government proclaimed that the
Tangwangdun relic is listed as one of the units of cultural relics
under protection in Gaoyou City.
The Layout of Water--control Commemoration Hall for Chen Xuan
in the Ming Dynasty
Chen Xuan, A
Water--control Minister and Governor in Charge of Grain'sTransportationby
the Grand Canal
Chen Xuan (1366--l433 AD)whose literary name was Yanchun
was born in Hefei, Anhui Province. Young as he was , Chen Xuan
was an assistant to an imperator. He was famed fOr shooting wild
geese. Following the imperator, he made punitive expedition all
around and upbuilt exploits repeatedly. After the cmperor of Chenzhu
was enthroned, His Majesty conferred a hereditary commander of
Pingjiang Count on Chen Xuan.
In the first year under the reign of
the Yongle emperor (l403), His Majesty nominated Chen Xuan as
a general COmmander that supervised the grain's tranportation
by the Grand Canal. During the supervising peried', he built a
130 li--long flooddyke from Haimen to Yanchen in Jiangsu Province.
In order to facilitate sea transportation, he mounded a hill and
later on His Majesty bestowed the name of "Baoshan"
(Treasure Hill)on this hill.
In the thirteenth year under the reign of the
Yongle Emperor, after investigation and reconnaissance, Chen Xuan dug
a 20 li--long river from the west Of Huai'an City. The river channels
Off the water of Guanjia Lake into the Huai Rver.The river was named
as QingjiangPu. Along the river such four watergates as Yifeng gate,
Qingjiang gate, Fuxing gate and xingzhun gate were built to control
the water level.
In this way, big grain-transported ships can
directly enter the Yellow River so as to save a great lot of expenses.
Chen Xuan also established most of engineering bases of gates and locks
and repairing engineering projects along the Grand Canal. Historians
praised him as follows: "All the projects he planned were accurate
and farsighted. All the proposals and suggestions he Put up were adopted
during 30 years of his supervising the Grand Canal."
In the eighth year under the reign of the
Xuande emperor, Chen Xuan died in his official position at the age of
69.
