Liye

Liye is a town in Longshan County, Hunan, China. Located on the northern bank of You River, Liye is the southernmost town of the county, and bordered to the west by Youshuihe Town and Keda Township of Youyang County, Daxi Township of Xiushan County of Chongqing, to the south by Qingshuiping and Bi'er Towns of Baojing County, to the east and southeast by Maoertan Town, and to the southwest by Zaguo Township. The present-day Liye was reformed on November 30, 2015. It covers an area of, and as of November 2015, it has a registered population of 43,300. The seat is at Liye Community.

Culture

Liye is an ancient town with a history of over 2300 years. It was established by the state of Chu in the late Warring States period. An archaeological site of ancient humans belonging to the Longshan culture was found near a bridge in the northeast of the seat of the town in May 1982. Many stone axes, stone chips and red clay pottery were discovered. The ruins dating to the Warring States period were excavated in the yard of Liye Primary School in April 2002. More than 36,000 bamboo slips in the Liye Ancient City were unearthed in June 2002; before the Liye slips were found, there were only about 2,000 slips from the Qin, and fewer than 1,000 words of official Qin records. The event was considered the most important archaeological discovery of the Qin dynasty since that of the Terracotta Army in 1973.

Attractions

The town of Liye is a principal historical and cultural destination in Hunan.