The Fenglin city-site lies in a spot of low flood land on the northern bank ot the Qixing River, about 300m west to Fenglin village of Chengfu township in Youyi county, Heilongjiang province. It is the largest among the Han-Wei period city-sites known so far in the Three Rivers Plain. In 1998, the Heilongjiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology carried out excavation in the seventh city-area of the site, which resulted in the revelation of eight house-foundations, 23 ash-pits and nearly 300 objects. The main remains are of a relatively late date, i.e. later than the Tuanji and Guntuling cultures, and belong to the Wei-Jin period.
The Fenglin city-site lies west of Fenglin village of Chengfu township in Youyi county, Heilongjiang, on the second terrace by the Qixing River. Excavation was carried out in the 7th area of the site in September- October, 1998. The results include the discovery of the No.2 house-foundation with rather distinctive features. This is a semi-subterranean building having a subquadrate plan and an area of about 18 sq m. The floor had become rather hard due to trample for a long time. In the house, wooden posts, post-holes and slab-stone plinths were discovered quite a lot, suggesting a post-supporting structure. Along the northern and eastern inner walls is a L-shaped heating kang bed with a flue passing through the middle and a stove and a smoke outlet instaled at the ends. 25 pottery vessels were found on the floor in association with small bronze bells, iron hoes, etc. The pottery is largely in the combination of the jar, bo bowl, dou stemmed vessel and bowl, shows strong characteristics, and can be roughly dated to the Wei-Jin period.
About one hundred city-sites of the Jin period have been discovered in the Heilongjiang area. Most of them are medium-or small-sized, but previously they were not excavated in a real sense. During the excavation under discussion, archaeologists revealed city-walls, city-gates, moat sections and suburban activity areas of the Chejiachengzi city-site. These findings reflect rather clearly the shape and stucture of the city and provide new information about the then medium-and small-sized cities. The ruined house and the tomb excavated this time yielded more than 100 objects. According to the History of the Jin《金史》 and other literary records, the city was an early Jin period courier station on the road to the Central Plains.
