Guotun Ancient Battlefield Site

The site stretches across Guotun, Caizhai, Yutang and Balimiao villages, 35 kilometres south of the county seat. It is 2.5 kilometres north of the Zhulin Yangshao Culture Site and 3 kilometres south of the Yu City Ruins, sitting at the northern end of the locally known "Ten-li Long Mound".

After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, bronze weapons including spears, dagger-axes, swords and arrowheads were unearthed. Chaotic human skeletons were also found, with bronze arrowheads embedded between some bones. These findings confirmed it to be an ancient battlefield.

In 1987, more than ten small brick-chambered tombs were excavated, yielding bronze swords, dagger-axes and chariot ornaments. A large brick-chambered tomb was discovered in Guotun Village, which contained over ten precious jade artefacts such as jade pigs, jade figurines and jade discs, together with a large number of Han Dynasty pottery wares.

The site was designated a county-level cultural relic protection unit in 1984. Since 1988, it has suffered repeated looting, with hundreds of tombs dating back to the Spring and Autumn, Warring States and Han periods destroyed. Protection measures have now been put in place, and restoration work has been carried out on some damaged relics.