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City Ruins of the Yuan Dynasty in Jining
The abundant discoveries in the area -- 91 groups of
house foundations, 822 ash pits, over 110 ditches, 22 remains of wells, nine
roads, 23 kilns, 11 tombs, four urns and 34 caches, where large quantities of
utensils were harvested -- shocked the world.
The unearthed cultural relics include over 200
well-preserved pieces of porcelain, 7,416 restorable pieces of porcelain, 877
pieces of pottery, 10 pieces of gold and silver ware, 351 pieces of bronze
ware, 268 pieces of iron ware, 456 pieces of bone ware, 36,849 copper coins
and more than 2,000 pieces of stone and wooden ware. Research shows that the
various pieces of porcelain
came from the nine famous kilns in the country respectively.
Significance
The excavations provide significant material for the study of city planning,
and the economy and culture of the Yuan
Dynasty. According to archeologists, this is an archeological discovery with
the maximum amount of porcelain, most complete kilns and most diversified porcelain
types from the Yuan Dynasty.
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