Xinghua Mountain is located in Zhenping County and Nanzhao County in the southwest of Henan Province, at the southern foot of Funiu Mountain,Nanyang Basin North edge.becauseXinghua Mountain Ape Man SiteAnd famous all over the world.
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Xinghua Mountain
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Zhenping County and Nanzhao County in the southwest of Henan Province
Xinghua Mountain Ape Man Site is located inZhenping CountyLaozhuang Town and Yunyang Town, Nanzhao County are located at the foot of Xinghua Mountain, 112 ° 41 'east longitude and 3328' north latitude. It is 98 meters long from north to south, 96 meters wide from east to west, and covers an area of 9408 square meters.Is aPaleolithic AgeEarly human activities and residential sites.At the same time as Peking Man, it belongs to the middle Pleistocene epoch, which is five to six million years ago.
In September 1978, Zheng Xuehua, the former curator of Yunyang Culture Branch, learned that the villagers in Lilou Village, Yunyang Town dug dragon bones and sold them to pharmacies, went deep into the local investigation and visited, reported to the municipal and county cultural (cultural relics) departments, andInstitute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of SciencesThe Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and the Nanyang Cultural Relics Team jointly excavated an ancient human tooth fossil in the center of the site, which is the second premolar on the lower right of an adult male. It was identified by Professor Wu Rukang of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and named as the "Master of Nanzhao".Other mammal fossils unearthed include 22 species, such as saber toothed tiger, swollen bone deer, Chinese hyena, saber toothed elephant, tiger, bear, horse, rhinoceros, marmoset, cow, sheep, pig, porcupine, etc.
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Xinghua Mountain Nanzhao Ape Man Site is the successor ofBeijing Zhoukou StoreAnother important discovery after the discovery of ape man fossils in Lantian, Shaanxi, Yuanmou, Yunnan, Yunxian, Hubei, Yunxi and other places fills the gap in the distribution of ancient humans in the Central Plains, and is physical evidence of the civilization and long history of the Central Plains.
The Xinghua Mountain Nanzhao Ape Man Site provides new materials and material materials for further understanding the ancient climate, ancient environment, ancient landform, human distribution, and the combination of ancient creatures and animals in the northern and southern border areas of China. It is of great scientific research value and cultural relic value. It is a symbol of the civilization of the Central Plains and the birthplace of the people in the Central Plains,It plays an important role in Paleolithic archaeology in Henan Province.It was announced as a provincial cultural relics protection unit by the Henan Provincial Government.
Xiaokongshan late Paleolithic site and Zhuyuan Neolithic site found three kilometers east of the Xinghuashan Nanzhao Ape Man site, these cultural relics help solve the cultural gap in the transition from the Paleolithic culture to the Neolithic culture. The special geographical location has become a bridge and link between the north and south, east and west in the New Paleolithic Age, and has important historical significance.
State leaders, experts and scholars showed great concern for the protection and management of the Xinghua Mountain Nanzhao Ape Man Site, and wrote inscriptions for the site to solve relevant practical problems.The Nanzhao County Party Committee and the county government attach great importance to the protection, management and utilization of the Xinghua Mountain Nanzhao Ape Man Site, and have successively invested nearly 1.5 million yuan to collect and manage the mountain forests and land within the protection scope of the site, seal the mountain for afforestation, repair the road, greening and beautification, set up signs, bury boundary markers, delimit the protection scope and construction control zone, and build protective facilities, mountain gates, sculptures and stele corridors,Appoint special personnel to manage and protect, so that the protection and management work can be managed according to law.In October 2000, a grand opening ceremony was held, in which Zhou Tienong, former Vice Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, Peng Qingyuan, member of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee, and other leading comrades from provinces, cities and counties attended, which expanded the external influence of the ape people in the south of Xinghua Mountain and improved its popularity.Through the joint efforts of Nanzhao people, the Xinghua Mountain Nanzhao Ape Man Site will surely become a famous cultural relics scenic spot integrating cultural archaeology, leisure tourism and scientific research, and make positive contributions to cultural tourism and other emerging cultural industries.
