Site of the Ancient Yu City

The ancient city ruins lie 25 kilometres southwest of the county seat, covering present-day Yu Town as well as Qiancheng Village and Houcheng Village.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the city came successively under the State of Chen and then the State of Zheng. In the Western Han Dynasty, it served as the seat of Yu County. In the first year of the Zhenguan reign of the Tang Dynasty (627 AD), the county was abolished and downgraded to a town, with the site becoming the town administrative centre.

The ancient city stretches 2 kilometres from north to south and 1.5 kilometres from east to west, covering an area of 3 square kilometres. The wall foundation was rammed with a mixture of red loam and crushed gravel.

Cultural relics unearthed inside and outside the city site include bronze spears, swords and dagger-axes dating back to the Spring and Autumn Period, as well as green-glazed porcelain pots, pottery tripods, urns, wine zuns and large cord-pattern cylindrical tiles from the Han Dynasty.

The site was designated a county-level cultural relic protection unit in 1986.