Erlitou Ruins

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Also known as

二里头遗址

City

Luoyang

Coordinates

34.6913368, 112.6907721

About Erlitou Ruins

The Erlitou site, also known as Xiaxu, is located in Yanshi District, Luoyang City, Henan Province. It is the earliest relic of a wide-area royal state in the East Asian continent, the earliest dynastic capital site in China that can be confirmed so far, the earliest huge city in East Asia to enter the Bronze Age, the orthodox source of Chinese culture, and the founder of Chinese orthodoxy. It is called "the earliest China", "the first royal capital of China", and "the core and leader of the overall process of Chinese civilization." The Erlitou site is considered to be the ruins of the capital city of the early and middle to late Xia Dynasty. It was called "Chenwu" in ancient times. It was built by Taikang, the son of Qi, the founder of the Xia Dynasty. The main cultural relics are the Erlitou Culture, which dates back to about 3800 to 3500 years ago.

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