Gong County Tiishenggou Ruins - Gong County Tiishenggou Ruins (English)

Japanese: 鞏県鉄生溝遺跡 - きょうけんてっせいこういせき（英語表記）Gŏng xiàn tiě shēng gōu yí zhǐ

A Han dynasty iron-making site excavated in 1958-59 in Tiishenggou, about 29 km southwest of Gong County, Henan Province, China. The site is located at the northern foot of Songyue Mountain, near an iron ore mine. The ore was crushed into pieces the size of wheat grains at a processing plant in the northeastern corner of the site. 18 iron-making furnaces were discovered, mainly circular shaft furnaces, rectangular furnaces, and five parallel-arranged furnaces, as well as one steel-scrambling (stirring) furnace and one reverberatory furnace. The circular shaft furnaces have bellows, and the arranged furnaces have chimneys. A combination of charcoal and coal was used as fuel. A blast furnace was used to cast products, and chisels, hoes, spades, axes, arrowheads, etc. were cast, and swords and awls were forged.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国，河南省鞏県南西約29kmの鉄生溝で1958‐59年に発掘された漢代製鉄遺跡。遺跡は嵩嶽の北麓にあり，付近に鉄鉱石採掘場がある。鉱石は遺跡の北東隅の加工場で麦粒ほどの大きさに砕かれた。製鉄炉は18基発見され，円形竪炉，長方形炉，5基併列の排列炉が主で，炒鋼(攪拌)炉，反射炉も各1基ある。円形竪炉には鞴（ふいご），排列炉には煙突が設けてある。燃料は木炭と石炭が合わせ使用された。製品の鋳造には溶炉があり，鑿（のみ），鍬，鋤，斧，鏃などを鋳造で，剣，錐などを鍛造で製作していた。

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