MEMORY‖ Yufu Ancient City鱼凫古城
Long ago Yu Fu founded a kingdom,
creating a brilliant farming civilization.
Located in northwestern Chengdu,
Sichuan Province, Wenjiang District
abounds in talent, resources, and
cultural deposits. While sitting in the
hinterland of the Land of Abundance
recorded in classics, the district is
the most concentrated and
characteristic epitome of the
historical culture of the Chengdu
Plain. The long history has evolved
with cultural phenomena such as
sericulture, fishing and hunting,
farming, religion, and sacrifice,
laying a solid cultural foundation
for the district.
赋曰:鱼凫立国而茫然，开明农耕而灿烂。
天府温江，人杰地灵，物华天宝，其历史文化内涵丰富多彩，是成都平原历史文化最典型、最集中、最具特色的地域，是典籍所载“都广之野”的腹心地带。漫长的历史进程演绎了如蚕桑、渔猎、农耕、宗教、祭祀等诸多文化现象，构筑了城市深厚的底蕴。
"Long ago, Can Cong and
Yu Fu founded the kingdom of
Shu." Reading the line created
by great poet Li Bai of the Tang
Dynasty (618–907 AD), we seem
to travel back to that remote age
when King Yufu relocated his
tribe along the roaring Minjiang
River to the flood-prone Chengdu
Plain where they later lived in
harmony with original inhabitants.
More than 4,000 years ago, the
Yufu Kingdom of ancient Shu was
founded in present-day Wenjiang
which witnessed historical
development together with
sericulture civilization, fishing
and hunting civilization, and
farming civilization.
“蚕丛及鱼凫，开国何茫然。”大诗人李白的喟叹，把我们带到那遥远而沧桑的岁月，似乎看到鱼凫王带着他们的部落顺着汹涌奔腾的岷江而下，来到水患严重的川西坝子，与当地的部落人群共同生活、和谐相处。从蚕桑而渔猎，渔猎而农耕，4000多年前，温江就成为古蜀鱼凫王国的发祥地。
Statue of King Yufu
鱼凫王雕像
Located in Wanchun Town,
Wenjiang District, Yufu Historical
Site reveals an early city form on
the vast Chengdu Plain. The
site is the earliest and largest
central settlement on the
Chengdu Plain. In a manner
of speaking, it can be defined
as the earliest garden city.
In local county annals,
including Wenjiang County
Annals compiled under the
reign of Emperor Qianlong
(1711–1799 AD) of the Qing
Dynasty (1636–1912 AD),
the Complete Geographical
Map of the Great Qing Dynasty,
the Wenjiang County Annals
under the reign of Emperor
Jiaqing (1760–1820 AD) of the
Qing Dynasty, and the Wenjiang
County Annals in the Republic
of China (1912–1949), Yufu
Historical Site is described,
"The capital of the Yufu Kingdom
is said to be 12 li (6 kilometers)
in the north of the local
government office, where the
historical site, locally called
Guchenggeng (literal meaning
of ancient city wall), can be
found." The most detailed
records are seen in the Local
Annals of Wenjiang under the
reign of Emperor Xuantong
(1906–1967 AD) of the Qing
Dynasty (also the last emperor
of Qing), "While Yu Fu did
farming on Jianshan Mountain,
he suddenly enlightened and
took a flight to the land of the
immortal. To memorize him,
his people built a temple. At
present, Yufu Historical Site
is found 12 li (6 kilometers) in
the north of Wenjiang, which is
said to be the capital of the
Yufu Kingdom."
鱼凫古城遗址位于温江万春镇，是成都平原腹地、城市在田野上定居生长出来的雏形。鱼凫村遗址是成都平原上最早最大的中心聚落，可以说，是最早的田园城市。
温江本土志书，清乾隆《温江县志》，清《嘉庆一统志》、嘉庆《温江县志》和民国《温江县志》均记载鱼凫城遗址“在治北十二里，相传为鱼凫王都，其遗址犹存，乡人呼为古城埂。”记载最详的要数清宣统《温江乡土志》:“鱼凫田于湔山，隐去，蜀人思之，为立祠，今温江县城北十二里，有鱼凫城遗址，相传为鱼凫王都。”
Yufu Ancient City Map in the Wenjiang County
Annals under the reign of Emperor Jiaqing
(1760–1820 AD) of the Qing Dynasty
清嘉庆《温江县志》鱼凫古城图
The archaeological findings have
proved that Yufu Ancient City was
the administrative center of the
Yufu Kingdom. Two archaeological
excavations in 1996 and 1999
identified its basic form. The whole
site is a regular hexagon in the
plane, covering a total area of
400,000 square meters. It
descended from northwest to
southeast, in line with the water
flow direction of the Wenjiang
River, so it was conducive to
flood control. Yufu Ancient City
was built against the terrain,
mirroring the ancestral wisdom
of the unity of man and nature.
1996年、1999年两次考古发掘，确定了古城的基本走向。整个城址复原平面形状为规则六边形，总面积40万平方米。地势依西北向东南缓慢倾斜，正合印了温江水流方向，利于防洪。鱼凫古城顺地势而为，这是古蜀先民天人合一的智慧和发明。
Simulated Figure for the Capital of
the Yufu Kingdom
鱼凫王朝城池模拟效果图
As Yufu Historical Site enjoys a
long history and a special status,
it was inscribed as a key historical
and cultural site under municipal-
level protection in 1985. The 1996
archaeological excavation has
played a significant role in
studying the origin of the
civilizations on the Chengdu Plain,
in Sichuan, and even in the upper
reaches of the Yangtze River. The
historical site had been listed as
one of the top 10 archaeological
findings in China. In 1999, it was
rated as a key historical and
cultural site under national-level
protection and named "Yufu
Historical Site" according to
archaeological practice.
因鱼凫城遗址的久远性和特殊性，1985年被列为成都市重点文物保护单位。1996年的考古发掘，对研究成都平原，四川地区乃至长江上游文明的起源都具有非常重要的作用，被列为全国十大考古发现之一。1999年经国务院批准，为国家级文物重点保护单位，按考古惯例，命名为:“鱼凫村遗址”。
Exhibition Gallery of Yufu Historical Site
鱼凫村遗址陈列室
来源 Source | 《走进鱼凫——金温江》、成都方志/蒋伟
排版 Typesetting | 赵术君
审核校对 Senior Editor | 陈倩
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