Open hour
Morning 8: 30- 12: 00, Afternoon 14: 30- 17: 30
Ticket
20 yuan for each person
Traffic
Can arrive to take Bus No. 308
Introduce
The site of great river village is at the 12th km in the north of Zhengzhou. Found in autumn of 1964, area is about 300,000 square meters. The rich special hall of Zhengzhou has explored 11 times in 1972-1980, find traces such as a large number of graves, gray hole, foundations,etc. and relic. Excavate in the site \\\ The wooden bone is exactly moulded \\\ House F1- 4, that was more than 5000 years ago, have already found that keeps the best place in the similar room for China. It has not only established the basic structures of the traditional local-style dwelling houses of the North of China, but also the milestone in China s prehistoric architecture history, reflected the rudiment of private ownership in latter stage of primitive society at the same time, offered the important material object materials for studying social institutional framework, state of development of the marriage and family at that time.
There are a large number of ancient painted potteries in the site unearthedly, beautiful in colour, all kinds of are various, fully reflect the unique romantic charm of Painted-Pottery Culture in Central Plains. Pattern of astronomical phenomena such as sun line, solar halo line, constellation line in the ancient painted pottery, China finds the earliest astronomy materials at present. The result of study indicates, the people have extended living here more than 3300 years first in the great river village.
View from the point of exploring the materials, this is including and admiring splendid culture, the Longshan culture, content of three periods of different historical periods of culture of Shang Dynasty in a place, it is up to 4-7 meters that the culture layer is deep. The most characteristic one is to inhabit the retention of house. Has already explored more than 30 foundations out now, building way is different, there is obvious characteristic of the time. Among them the walls of foundations one are up to 1 meters, there are this period for China at present foundations. Determine according to carbon isotope. In already about 5000 years ago, belong to the Neolithic Age and face upward in the later period of splendid culture. The unearthed historical relic is mainly black color, white clothing ancient painted pottery of red pottery. The ancient painted pottery copies various astronomical visions such as the sun line, the moon line, constellation line, prominence line on stretch. The discovery of the site of great river village, it is significant to studying and admiring the relation between agriculture and ancient astronomy of splendid culture. Can arrive to take Bus No. 308.