Yuyang is a time-honored village that has witnessed the changing face of China throughout Chinese history.

Located 22 kilometers northwest of the famous Yin Ruins in Anyang city, North China's Henan Province, the village boasts a history of 6,000 years. China's brilliant civilization is reflected in this village, inhabited by less than 1,000 families.

Covering only four square km, Yuyang is situated on a mound 500 meters away from the Zhanghe River, which flows from Northern Henan Province into neighboring Hebei Province. Historical records show that although Zhanghe River flooded the village many times, it managed to remain intact. The village got its present name, "Yuyang," during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

  Historical Finds

The relics unearthed in the village date back as early as the Yangshao Culture Period (5,000-3,000BC), the Longshan Culture Period (3,000-1,700BC), the Shang Dynasty (1,600-1,100BC), the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476BC), the Warring States Period (475-221BC), the imperial Han Dynasty (206BC-AD220), the Northern Dynasties (386-581), the Song Dynasty (960-1279), the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and to the Republic of China (1912-1949). Archaeologists also found evidence from the time of the war against US aggression and Korean support (1950-1953) in the early post-liberation period and the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), as well as other big events in modern China.

Most of the relics from the village were fragments of daily life used by the common folk, like cooking utensils, pottery jars and other kinds of pottery and porcelain ware. Ruins of irrigation canals and ditches built in the Warring States Period and kilns from the Northern Dynasties were also discovered in the village.

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