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Noun explanation: Wuyang Jiahu site
State-level cultural relics protection units. It is located 24 kilometers north of Wuyang County, beside Laoshahe Road on the east side of Jia Hu Village. From 107 national highway to Luohe, then turn to Luoping highway. Covering an area of 55,000 square meters, the reserve is a large-scale, well-preserved and extremely rich cultural heritage in the early Neolithic period. The site was discovered in the early 1960s, and six archaeological excavations were carried out from 1983 to 200 1 year. A large number of cultural relics, such as pottery, stone tools and bone implements, which reflect the living conditions and civilization of Jiahu ancestors, have been unearthed one after another, especially a batch of seven-hole bone flutes and Oracle Bone Inscriptions with original characters, which has amazed the world. According to expert appraisal, Jiahu culture is the first cultural relic with a definite period in the long history of the Chinese nation, and it is "the first threshold for human beings to move from ignorance to civilization". As a symbol of human civilization and culture 9000 years ago, Jiahu culture is an important milestone in the history of human civilization.