Niuheliang
Neolithic Hongshan (4700–2900 BCE; ritual peak 3500 BCE)·Hongshan culture (Liao River painted pottery, jade)·🇨🇳 Liaoning, Jianping County, Niuheliang hill, Wengniute Banner, China
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About Niuheliang
Niuheliang is Hongshan culture's ritual centre (4700–2900 BCE) — Goddess Temple with clay female figurine, 16 altar platforms, and 30 stone-cairn tombs with jade pig-dragons on Yanshan piedmont. Recorded context — Period: Neolithic Hongshan (4700–2900 BCE; ritual peak 3500 BCE); Culture: Hongshan culture (Liao River painted pottery, jade); Field status: excavated; Materials: rammed earth, jade pig-dragons, painted pottery, clay figurine; Condition: ruins.
Why it mattersKey Hongshan culture (Liao River painted pottery, jade) temple-complex with stratified sequence and regional trade significance.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre
- 02Territorial marker
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.4700 BCE
- Period
- Neolithic Hongshan (4700–2900 BCE; ritual peak 3500 BCE)
- Culture
- Hongshan culture (Liao River painted pottery, jade)
- Purpose
- Ancient city and ceremonial centre
- Abandoned
- 13th century
- Rediscovered
- 1970s excavation
- Excavation
- Excavated
On the ground
Structures & features
41.3500° N · 119.3500° E · 550 m · 3 mapped features
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