Where is the location of Fuxitai site?

Fuxitai site is a cultural relic protection unit in Henan Province.

Fuxitai Site is located in Luokou Village, Heluo Town, gongyi city. Located on the south bank of the Yellow River, at the east corner of the intersection of the Yellow River and Luohe River, on the platform 80 meters above the river bank. The site was discovered in 1984. Because the local people call this place "Fuxitai", it was named "Fuxitai Site" accordingly. According to pre-Qin classics, Huangdi, Fuxi, Yao, Shun and Yu all built altars to worship heaven and Sichuan. There is a legendary Fuxitai in the northwest of the site. 1May, 1992, relevant units and experts identified this place as a place to worship heaven at that time. Kim? Wang Jia: Volume I of Notes: "Fuxi is ancient, observing the text in the sky, observing the land with books, and Heluo expressing its text." According to the Records of Gongxian County in the 10th year of Qianlong reign in Qing Dynasty, Emperor Huang Kai of Sui Dynasty built Xihe Temple here in the 2nd year (AD 582), and Cao Duo built Heluo Academy next to the Temple in Yuan Dynasty.

Because the Yellow River rolled south, the site partially collapsed in Hanoi, and the terrain on the platform was flat. Now it is farmland. The existing site is slightly oval, about 300 meters long from north to south and 200 meters wide from east to west, covering an area of about 60,000 square meters. Cultural layers can be seen at the edges of posts and ditches 0.5 ~ 1 m from the ground, with the thickest point of 2 meters. Gray or light gray soil, rich in relics. Collecting pottery fragments and stone tools, the collected objects are mainly argillaceous red pottery, accounting for about 30%, followed by brown sand pottery and Gaza red pottery, accounting for about 30%, and others are gray pottery and black pottery. The number of bowls is the largest, followed by pots, cans, ding and so on. And 1 stone ring and several animal bones. The number of pots in the first phase is the largest, with round lips or sharp lips, arched bellies and some painted pottery. The second phase is the richest and most widely distributed cultural remains in this site. The types of utensils are increasing day by day, and the shapes of utensils are mainly pots, bowls and tubes. Pots are painted in many colors, and white painted pottery is popular. In the third stage, argillaceous gray pottery is the main type, and some wheeled pottery has more rope lines, followed by additional pile lines. The opening of the can is closed, with extra pile lines along the edge of the can, curved belly and rope lines on the abdomen. It also found the foundations of three platforms and houses, as well as ash pits and graves. A platform foundation site was found at the highest point in the middle of the site, which was 1. 1 m higher than the surface. Directly below the Yangshao cultural layer, it is composed of two layers of white ash superimposed on each other, about 1. 1 m from the ground. There is a red soil layer about 10 cm thick between the two layers of lime. Three building foundations were found, all of which were ground buildings in the late Yangshao culture. The floor laying is quite exquisite, divided into three layers, the upper layer is the stone powder layer, which is gray in the sintered brick; The middle layer is a mixed layer of stone powder, red soil and stone; The lower layer is red soil, which has been compacted. Six ash pits were also found, which are generally bag-shaped pits and some are irregular. Most of the ash pit fillers are light gray. Some were covered by plant ash, and a complete pig skeleton was found in one of the ash pits. Tombs are mainly buried on the back and straight limbs. From the perspective of cultural connotation, Yangshao culture is the main site, followed by Longshan culture and Zhou Dynasty. It can be divided into four periods, the first period belongs to the middle Yangshao cultural remains, the second period belongs to the late Yangshao cultural remains, the third period belongs to the early Henan Longshan cultural remains, and the fourth period belongs to the Zhou Dynasty remains. This is an important Neolithic site in Luo area.

1May, 1992, experts from Henan Institute of Archaeology, Academy of Social Sciences, Museum and other units made a field trip, and determined this place as a place of worship at that time. The site has a large area, rich connotation, obvious ground superposition and long duration, and the surrounding sites are widely distributed, including Tan Xiaoguan site, Huadizui site, Luokoucang site and Cangxi site. These sites are either connected together or facing each other across a ditch, which is of great significance to explore the existing situation of China ancient material civilization and Huaxia civilization in Luoqu.

1 March, 9871day, which was announced by Zhengzhou Municipal People's Government as a municipal cultural relics protection unit in Zhengzhou. On June 6, 2008, 16 was announced by the people's government of Henan Province as a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit in Henan Province.

Source of information: United Front Work Department of Gongyi Municipal Committee Author: Zhang Xinyue

Luokou village: Luokou village