四川渠县礼义城遗址调查简报

Survey Report on Liyicheng Site in Quxian County of Sichuan

2015年11月,四川省文物考古研究院等单位对位于四川渠县土溪镇洪溪村9组的礼义城遗址展开了全面调查,发现了城门、城墙、水井、池塘、碑刻等遗存,基本理清了礼义城的范围与布局,尤其是在城内发现的多通宋代至明清时期碑刻,为研究宋元战争史以及礼义城的变迁历史等问题提供了重要的资料。

In November 2015,Sichuan Province Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and other institutions conducted a comprehensive survey on Liyicheng site in Quxian County.Through the survey the site was found irregularly rectangular in shape,narrow in the middle and wide on both sides.A horizontal wall lies in the south which divides the site into the inner and outer parts.The city covers an area of about 40,000 square meters,with 8 gates,3 sections of city wall and 1 battery left.The scope and layout of the city is basically clear.In addition,16 stone tablets during the Song and Qing dynasties have been found.One Song Dynasty tablet was engraved with the map of Liyicheng,while the text on the other side has been completely destroyed with obvious chiseled mark.The other 15 tablets were carved in Ming and Qing dynasties with inscription recording the rebuilding of city wall,the Sanjiao temple,and the Mingyu bell tower.The remains found in this survey provide important information for the study of the war between Song and Yuan,as well as the changing history of Liyicheng.According to the investigation,and literature records,Liyicheng was built around the third year of Baoyou period under the reign of Emperor Lizong in the Song Dynasty(1255 AD),and was the local government seat of Quzhou until the 20 th year of Zhiyuan period under the reign of Emperor Kublai in the Yuan Dynasty(1283 AD),then it was abandoned.As a mountain city located in a dangerous terrain,Liyicheng had the characteristics of being self-sufficient and keeping up the fight for a long time independently,through combining soldiers and civilians as well as farming and fighting,it had kept an effective military defense.Liyicheng was the only way that the Mongolian army had to take to go southwards for Chongqing from Pengzhou,Bazhou,and Dazhou,it also contributed to the defense of Diaoyucheng of Chongqing,which played an important role in the war between Song and Yuan.The architectures of Liyicheng represent the castle construction technology of the Southern Song Dynasty and later,form a unique cultural landscape,and serve as important historical materials.Liyicheng,together with Diaoyucheng and other mountain city sites,constitute a integrated mountain city defense system in Sichuan,which played a crucial military role in the process of the Southern Song Dynasty’s fight against Yuan,witnessed a significant moment,and had an important historical position.