Guangming Daily, Taiyuan, March 16 (Reporters Zhang Nan and Yang Jue) "Important Archaeological Discoveries in Shanxi in 2025" were recently announced, including the Xiyin Neolithic Site in Xia County, Yuncheng City, and the Guduo Neolithic Site in Hejin City, Yuncheng City Six archaeological projects were selected: the Potou Neolithic Age Site in Ruicheng County, Yuncheng City, the Dongwu Shang Dynasty Site in Jiang County, Yuncheng City, the Nanfeng Shang Dynasty Site in Xiangyuan County, Changzhi City, and the family tomb of the Ming Dynasty general Zhu Yinzhuang in Qinjiazhuang, Luzhou District, Changzhi City.
116 newly discovered relics of the middle and late Yangshao periods were discovered at the Xiyin Neolithic site in Xiayin County, Yuncheng City, further enriching the cultural connotation of the site; a number of important physical materials such as stone carvings and pottery silkworm chrysalis were newly unearthed from the Guduo Neolithic site in Hejin City, filling the gap in the early archaeological cultural discoveries of Yangshao in the lower reaches of the Fen River; the Potou Neolithic site in Ruicheng County clarified the framework, age and age of the multiple trenches during the Longshan period of the site Based on the construction method, the large-scale pier facilities and garrison buildings attached to the middle trench were fully revealed. At the same time, the earliest standing stone mark on the original tomb in China was discovered, which provided important clues for the exploration of the origin of tombstones. The mid-Shang Dynasty tombs excavated from the Dongwu Shang Dynasty site in Jiangxian County were rich in unearthed artifacts, some of which were engraved with words and symbols. This filled an important gap in the study of the cultural sequence of Shang cultural archeology in southern Shanxi and established an important chronological reference.
The Shang Dynasty site in Nanfeng, Xiangyuan County, Changzhi City revealed the remains of pottery workshops, sacrificial pits and many cellars in the late Shang Dynasty, showing a cultural landscape that is intertwined with Yinxu culture, Jinzhong and local cultural factors, confirming that the Changzhi Basin was simultaneously influenced by the Yin Dynasty in the late Shang Dynasty. The influence of Xu culture and the late Shang relics on the Loess Plateau; the family tomb of Zhu Yinzhang, the general of the Ming Dynasty in Qinjiazhuang, Luzhou District, is the first fully preserved Ming clan family tomb found in Shanxi, and provides precious information for the study of the Ming Dynasty clan burial system.
Fan Wenqian, director of the Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archeology, said that Shanxi Province will carry out more than 200 archaeological projects in 2025. The shortlisted projects cover major periods from prehistory to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and have made important progress in the exploration of the origin of civilization, Xia and Shang research, and urban archeology. They have provided solid support for major projects such as the "Archaeology of China" and the "Xia and Shang Civilization Research Project."
In addition, 6 projects, including the Xiyin Neolithic Site in Xia County, Yuncheng City, the Baliping Neolithic Site in Qinshui County, Jincheng City, the Potou Neolithic Site in Ruicheng County, Yuncheng City, the Zhaijiazhuang Neolithic and Xia-Shang Site in Linyi County, Yuncheng City, the Dongxia Feng Xia-Shang Site in Xiaxian County, Yuncheng City, and the Nanfeng Shang Dynasty Site in Xiangyuan County, Changzhi City, were selected as the "New Archaeological Discoveries in Shanxi that Get the Most Public Attention in 2025."
"Guangming Daily" (Page 9, March 17, 2026)
