Qishan County

Qishan County
Qishan County; 岐山县; Kishan
	County
	Qishan in Baoji
	Baoji in Shaanxi
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Shaanxi
Prefecture-level city	Baoji
Population (1999)
• Total	450,826
Time zone	UTC+8 (China standard time)
Postal code	722400

Qishan County (Chinese: 岐山县; pinyin: Qíshān Xiàn) is a county in the west of Shaanxi province, China, under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Baoji. It was the site of Zhouyuan (Chinese: 周原; pinyin: Zhōuyuán), the first capital of the Zhou Dynasty (1066–256 BCE). Historically, the site was also known as Qiyi (岐邑) or Qishan (岐山). It is located in Fengchu township on the Weishui River to the south of Mt. Qi.[1][2] Many Zhou-era artifacts including bronzeware have been found here. These are now housed in a museum on the site.

References

Ministry of Culture, P.R.China (2003). "Zhouyuan Site". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
Du, Jinpeng (2010). "A Typological Study of the Palace Buildings at Zhouyuan and Related Issues" (PDF). Chinese Archaeology. 10 (1): 164–171. doi:10.1515/char.2010.10.1.164.

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[1] Ministry of Culture, P.R.China (2003). "Zhouyuan Site". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2009.

[2] Du, Jinpeng (2010). "A Typological Study of the Palace Buildings at Zhouyuan and Related Issues" (PDF). Chinese Archaeology. 10 (1): 164–171. doi:10.1515/char.2010.10.1.164.