The first city of China in the time of King Yao

Dao Tu relic in Son Tay province is the capital of the time of King Nghieu - the earliest dynasty of China in the beginning.

On December 12, the Archaeological Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Shanxi Department of Culture held a workshop to report on the excavation of Tao Tu - Shanxi relics in Beijing, to publish information about Ancient city of King Yao, according to Sohu.

King Nghieu is real name Ky Phong Huan (2,333 - 2,234 BC), one of the five ancient kings of China (Five emperors).

Dao Tu site is located in Dao Tu town, 7km east of Tuong Part district, Linfen city south of Shanxi province, China. Di is only about 3 km ^{2 wide} .

Dao Tu site is about 3 km ^{2 wide} .(Photo: Sohu).

From 1978 to 1985, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences cooperated with Shanxi province in large-scale excavation here. In addition to a large amount of sophisticated artifacts such as pottery, stoneware, musical instruments, and jewelry, they also discovered red bronze bells and important literary symbols, providing research materials on origin and customs. of Chinese civilization.

Hanoi, a member of the Archeology Department of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, who led the archeology team said, undergoing 37 years of excavation, the evidence is dated, geographic, and scale. , all highly similar to the city of King Yao, recorded in historical documents.

The new series of discoveries of the Dao Tu site demonstrates that the midland area of ​​Hoang Ha River during the reign of King Yao was soon into civilized society. This is the principal source of Chinese civilization.

The researchers said that this is the first site in the central region to enter the kingdom phase, while emphasizing that there are still many issues that need further research, such as the origin of Dao Tu culture and cause of destruction.

"The discovery of the Dao Tu site is a milestone of the work of finding the origin of Chinese civilization and Chinese archeology, providing an important fulcrum for studying the civilization process of the central region. "Mr. Wang Nguy, a specialist at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said. He affirmed that the Dao Tu site is the capital of the Nghieu Dynasty, the "Chinese" of the early age.