Liye

Liye (Chinese: 里耶鎮; pinyin: lǐyē zhèn) is a town of Longshan County, Hunan Province, China. Located on the northern bank of You River (Chinese: 酉水), Liye is the southernmost town of the county, and bordered to the west by Youshuihe Town (Chinese: 酉水河鎮) and Keda Township (Chinese: 可大鄉) of Youyang County, Daxi Township (Chinese: 大溪鄉) of Xiushan County of Chongqing Municipality, to the south by Qingshuiping (Chinese: 清水坪鎮) and Bier Towns (Chinese: 比耳鎮) of Baojing County, to the east and southeast by Maoertan Town (Chinese: 苗兒灘鎮), to the southwest by Zaguo Township (Chinese: 咱果鄉).[1] The present-day Liye was reformed on November 30, 2015. It covers an area of 259.2 square kilometres (100.1 sq mi), as of November, 2015, it has a registered population of 43,300, the seat is Liye Community.[2]

Culture

Liye is an ancient town with a history of over 2300 years old, it was established by Chu State in the late Warring States period (403 BC - 221 BC).[3] An archaeological site of ancient humans belonging to the Longshan culture (3000 BC - 1900 BC) was found near a bridge in the northeast of the seat of the town in May 1982. Many stone axes, stone chips and red clay pottery were discovered.[4] The Ancient City Ruins of the Warring States period and many precious cultural relics were excavated in the schoolyard of Liye Primary School in April 2002. More than 36,000 pieces of Bamboo Slips of the Qin dynasty in the Ancient City Ruins of Liye (Chinese: 里耶古城遺址) were unearthed in June 2002, before the Liye slips were found, there were only about 2,000 slips on the Qin dynasty and fewer than 1,000 words of official Qin records. The event was considered the most important archaeological discovery of the Qin dynasty since the Qin Terracotta Army unearthed in 1973.[5]

Attractions

The town of Liye is a principal historical and cultural destination in Hunan.

References
  1. About Liye - 龙山县里耶镇: lsxlyz.com, com.cn
  2. the divisions of Longshan County in 2015, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Longshan County on November 30, 2015 - 《湖南省民政厅关于同意龙山县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》(湘民行发〔2015〕117号): rednet.cn, also see 《湖南省乡镇区划调整改革109个县市区批复方案》: people.com or xinhuanet.com
  3. About the Ancient City Ruins of Liye - 里耶古城遗址简介: cncn.com
  4. About Liye of Xiangxi - 走进湘西里耶: hn.xinhuanet.com
  5. 湖南古村镇古民居 - 湘西里耶，解开战国古城的面纱:txhn.net

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