Fengjing and Hojing were the political, economic, and cultural centers of the Western Zhou Dynasty

Mondo Culture Updated on 2024-01-19

In the past, there was a pickaxe in Chang'an, and there were Lingtai, Lingnuma, and Lingyuan near Haojing Township, and now Lingnuma Street still exists.

The Fenghao site is located in Mawang Street on the west bank of the Feng River and Doumen Street on the east bank of the Feng River, which is the general name of Fengyi built by King Wen of Zhou and Haojing built by King Wu of Zhou in the Western Zhou Dynasty.

The Fengjing site is on the west bank of the middle reaches of the Feng River, with an area of about 6 square kilometersThe site of Hojing is located on the east bank of the middle reaches of the Feng River, covering an area of about 4 square kilometers. Fengjing and Hojing are the two earliest national cities in the history of our country in Chang'an, which have been more than 3,000 years ago. From the middle of the 11th century BC to 770 BC, Fenghao was the political, economic, and cultural center of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

For more than 200 years since King Wu began the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Zhou kings of the past dynasties mostly lived in Hojing to deal with state affairs, and when they encountered major events related to religion and sacrifices, they had to walk to the temple in Fengjing.

Therefore, Feng and Ho are said to have the same name Zongzhou, which is actually two parts of the same capital: the former is the cultural center, and the latter is the political center. Feng Ho is the earliest twin city in the east of the world.

Archaeological surveys and excavations in the Hokyo area began in the early 50s of the 20th century. The site of Hojing is located on the Gaoyang Plain, the west is on the verge of Fengshui, the north is bounded by Fengshui and Biaochi, the south is destroyed by the Kunming Pond in the Han and Tang dynasties, and the east is Beifeng Ho Village, with an area of about 415 square kilometers.

In 1961, it was announced that the Fenghao site was a national key cultural relics protection unit.

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