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Jinyang (Chine): Palace of Sui Dynasty found

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F16918ef4a8fa55e7b081d834315b549An aerial photograph offers a bird's eye view of the No 2 architectural complex ruin in Jinyang ancient city, Shanxi province. [Photo by Zheng Yuan/For China Daily]

Archaeologists working at Jinyang ancient city in Shanxi province believe they've found the site of the Jinyang Palace, which dates from the Sui Dynasty (581-618).

The identification is a major breakthrough, made after over 20 experts from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and National Museum of China investigated the No 2 architectural complex ruin in Jinyang ancient city and its unearthed relics. The ruin was initially identified as a large base from the late Tang period (618-907). Materials found from dilapidated stone tablets convinced the experts that the site was formerly the location of Jinyang Palace.
The No 2 architectural complex ruin is in the northwestern part of Jinyang ancient city. From 2012 to this year, the Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology and the Taiyuan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology conducted the excavation on the 10,000-square-meter site, and two groups of large architectural bases were found. Broken steles, delicate stone carving components, ceramics, bricks and tiles also were unearthed around the architectural base.

B9c5478a866fc21209fde98d81318a3eThis bust was found at the excavation site at Jinyang ancient city in Shanxi province. [Photo by Zheng Yuan/For China Daily]

A430874a02f1c089566f65705f4faf13Designs are stamped on a broken brick found at the excavation site at Jinyang ancient city in Shanxi province. [Photo by Zheng Yuan/For China Daily]

080e201527e4772777573192fd449735This stone carving was unearthed at the excavation site at Jinyang ancient city in Shanxi province. [Photo by Zheng Yuan/For China Daily]

63e010ae79968af877f9ed2102594565This residual stone tablet was found at the excavation site at Jinyang ancient city in Shanxi province. [Photo by Zheng Yuan/For China Daily]

2ceccd02380aef6a9333beeefa9b4fb1A piece of relic unearthed at the excavation site at Jinyang ancient city in Shanxi province. [Photo by Zheng Yuan/For China Daily]

6c884757562ccdacf2188ea1251bb106The broken piece was unearthed at the excavation site at Jinyang ancient city in Shanxi province. [Photo by Zheng Yuan/For China Daily]

72517a16e7b90b23e124308a01d0ed12A piece of relic unearthed at the excavation site at Jinyang ancient city in Shanxi province. [Photo by Zheng Yuan/For China Daily]