Yin Ruins is located in Xiaotun Village, Yindu District, northwest of Anyang City, Henan Province. It consists of Yin Ruins Tomb Site, Yin Ruins Ancestral Hall Site and Huanbei Shopping Mall Site. Archaeological excavation began at 1928. Yin Ruins is the first capital ruins in China history, which has been confirmed by archaeology and Oracle Bone Inscriptions.

At present, the proven Yin Ruins are about 6 kilometers long and 6 kilometers wide, with a total area of about 36m2 square kilometers, through which Anyang River passes. The overall layout is rigorous, centering on the site of Xiaotun Village Palace and Temple, and distributed in a ring along the banks of Huan River. The existing relics mainly include the palace ancestral temple site, shopping mall site, tomb site, Oracle Bone Inscriptions Cave site, Hougang site, settlement site, family cemetery group, bronze casting site, handicraft workshop and so on.

Development history

Yin Ruins, formerly known as North Mongolia, was later moved to North Mongolia by Pan Geng, which is now Anyang, and changed from North Mongolia to Yin. In the 15th year of Pan Geng, Northern Mongolia established Yin Capital. From Pan Geng to Di Xin's subjugation in 1046 BC, it experienced the rule of eight generations 12 monarchs, including Pan Geng, Xiao Xin, Xiao Ye, Wuding, Zu Geng, Zujia, Xinxin, Kangding, Wuyi, Wen Ding, Di Yi and Dixin, for 273 years. Yin has always been a political, economic and political event in the late Shang Dynasty in China.