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Tanheli site
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Tanheli () is an archaeological site in Ningxiang, Hunan, one of major national historical and cultural sites in Hunan.
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- archaeological site
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Ningxiang City
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- Tanheli
- heritage designation
- Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level
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Tanheli () 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 .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tanheli site” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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