Capital of the late period of State of Jin, Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770-256BC)

Location: Houma City, Shanxi Province

Period: 585-416 BC

Excavated from 1952 to the present

Significance: It has supplied important materials to the study of the capital as well as the history of State of Jin during the Spring and Autumn Period.

 Introduction 

Jade strips with the oath of alliance written in vermilion: (up, length 16.6 cm-17.9 cm); Pottery mould: (bottom, about 22 cm in height)

Site of the Capital of State of Jin is the ruins of the capital city Xintian of late Jin State in the Autumn and Spring Period. From the ruins we can see, the old city was about 1,400 meters long from south to north, and 1,200 meters wide from east to west. The bronze ware site unearthed here covers an area of about 3,000 square meters, with rich cultural relics including 100 pieces of bronze ingot and bronze tools, as well as 30,000 potteries. In the south of the site discovered more than 400 pits where quite a few jade wares and animals were buried.