The city wall of the South Han Dynasty (917-971) was discovered in Guangzhou for the first time. A few days ago, the Research Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology of Guangzhou Municipality carried out a rescuing excavation on the west side of Changtang Street, Yuexiu District. They sorted out a group of cultural relics of the period of Republic of China, Qing, Ming, Song, Tang, and the South Dynasty of Jin. Of all the relics, a section of the city wall apron of the South Han Dynasty is the most precious. Also, unearthed Large Bowls of the Ming Dynasty and the Tomb-figured Lamps are also very uncommon.

The relic of the city wall is 3.6 meters long, 2.5 meters wide and 1.2 meters high and weighs 10 tons. Because of the importance of the relics of the unearthed city wall and the apron, The Department of Cultural Relics has moved the entirety of it to the Museum of South Yue Palace.

Situated in the Yuexiu District, with Changtang Street to the east and Wende Road to the west, this relic is in the center of Guangzhou, an old city with a history lasting one thousand years. On the southeast of the building site, the top of the city wall is about one meter high from the earth's surface, directing to south and north. The main body is made of rammed earth, with its outer sides covered with bricks.

The earliest city wall discovered by now in Guangzhou is a section of the East Han Dynasty. From the summer of 1996 to early 1998, a section of city wall from three different historical periods was unearthed and protected where it was. It was 16 meters long and directed to north and south. The inner-most side of it is that of East Han Dynasty, and it was extended in the Jin and South Dynasties, with a time span of more than 500 years.

Editor: Yan