戚城遗址

戚城遗址是豫北地区保存最完整的古代城址之一，戚城是春秋时期卫国境内位于古黄河东南岸的重要城邑，也是卫国卿大夫孙氏家族的采邑。城址平面略呈方形，其文化内涵肇始于8000年前的裴李岗文化，之后仰韶文化、龙山文化、商文化、周文化、汉唐文化层依次叠压，传承有序。龙山文化中期开始筑城，引领中原地区率先进入文明社会。戚城遗址总面积16万平方米，地面上现存古城垣周长1520米，最高8.5米，基宽16米，为春秋时期修筑，汉代曾修补、加高。春秋城垣下叠压着龙山文化时期（距今约4000年）的古城址，大小、走向与春秋城址基本一致。

Qicheng Site is one of the most completely preserved ancient city sites in northern Henan Province. Qicheng City was the important city in the territory of the State of Wei during the Spring and Autumn Period located on the southeastern bank of the ancient Yangtze River, and the fief of the Sun’s family, a senior official of the State of Wei. The plane of the city site is square. Its cultural connotation started from the Peiligang Culture 8000 years ago, followed successively by the Yangshao Culture, Longshan Culture, Shang Culture, Zhou Culture and Han and Tang Culture, and inherited in a good order. The city construction started from the middle Longshan Cultural Period, guiding the Central Plains to take the lead to the civilized society. Qicheng Site covers an area of 160,000 m2. The existing ancient city wall on the ground is 1520 m in perimeter, 8.5 m high in maximum and 16 m wide. It was built in the Spring and Autumn Period, expanded, repaired and heightened in the Han Dynasty. The ancient city site of the Longshan Cultural Period (dating back to 4000 years ago) was under the city wall of the Spring and Autumn Period. The size and orientation were basically the same as the city site of the Spring and Autumn Period.
      “戚”作为地名在春秋经传中凡见40余次，由于亲历了公元前626年至公元前531年间的7次诸侯会盟，见证了公元前493年的“郑晋铁丘”之战、公元前480年卫国原太子蒯聩据“戚”与其子卫出公辄争夺君位发动的“父子争国”宫廷政变等重大历史事件而著称于春秋史。

“Qi” emerges more than 40 times as a name of a place in classics of the Spring and Autumn Period. It is famous in the history of the Spring and Autumn Period for witnessing great historical events such as  the 7 alliance meetings of vassal states from 626 BC to 531 BC, the “Battle of Tieqiu between Zheng and Jin” in 493 BC, and the palace coup to fight for the throne between the former crown prince Kuaikui who occupied Qi and his son King Chu of Wei named Zhe in 480 BC.
     1996年11月戚城遗址被国务院公布为全国重点文物保护单位。

In November 1996, Qicheng Site was announced as a major historic and cultural site under state protection by the State Council.