From the site of "the most complete capital elements" in prehistoric China, to the cliff statues of thousand Buddha cliff in Huozhou, which were first excavated in the gaowu period of the Tang Dynasty, to the tomb of King Duan of the Ming Dynasty. On the afternoon of November 11, Shanxi Cultural Relics and archaeologists joined hands with cultural and Expo lovers to jointly select 2021 important archaeological discoveries in Shanxi online and offline. On the same day, at the second Shanxi archaeological new discovery forum, through the archaeological project report, experts and media selection, Shanxi selected 6 "important archaeological discoveries in Shanxi in 2021" among the 12 shortlisted projects of "important archaeological discoveries in Shanxi in 2021", which lasted from the new stone age to the Ming Dynasty. Wang Xiaoyi, chairman of Shanxi archaeological society and President of Shanxi Institute of archaeology, announced the list as follows: Neolithic Age site in Jiancaoping Town, Taiyuan, Neolithic Age site in Xiangfen Taosi, Linfen, North white goose cemetery in Yuanqu, Yuncheng, Lu Xu's relief painted stone coffin tomb in the Northern Wei Dynasty in zhijiabao, Pingcheng District, Datong, Qianfo cliff site in Huozhou, Linfen Tomb of King fan of Ming Dynasty in Xiaodian District, Taiyuan city. Taosi site is located 7 kilometers north of the east of Xiangfen County, Linfen City. Since the official archaeological excavation in 1978, many archaeological discoveries have confirmed that it is the city site with "the most complete capital elements" in Chinese prehistory, with clear functional divisions such as palace area, storage area, cemetery, elephant viewing and sacrifice area. "In 2021, the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Shanxi Institute of archaeology jointly organized a team to excavate 1490 square meters, which comprehensively exposed the base site of the No. 1 palace." Gao Jiangtao, the project leader, said that the excavation confirmed the existence of the largest palace building in the ruins Palace City, with an area of 6500 square meters. It is the largest rammed earth building base site in prehistoric times. In addition, archaeologists found two main halls, East ancillary buildings and central courtyards on the base site of the building. Their complex structure, regular layout and rare prehistory should be the source of ancient Chinese palace form. Gao Jiangtao said that the excavation and discovery of the foundation site of large rammed earth buildings in the palace city of Taosi site is of great significance to the study of major topics such as the origin of Chinese civilization and early China. This year, in Datong, Shanxi Province, archaeologists found the only wood like stone coffin tomb with relief painting and front porch. "Lu Xu's relief painted stone coffin tomb in the Northern Wei Dynasty" has an obvious relic and religious color of the Han Dynasty, while the tomb warrior statue on the outside of the south wall is full of exotic color, which provides new material materials for the study of national integration and cultural exchanges between China and the West. In this regard, Zhang Qingjie, a researcher at Shanxi Institute of archaeology, said that the statue of the heavenly king in the above tombs is closely related to Buddhism, and the posture of the immortal in the mural is close to the flying sky in Yungang Grottoes. These are closely related to Yungang Grottoes. In addition, the inscription information in the tomb shows that the owner of the tomb is from today's Fufeng County, Shaanxi Province. These information and other stone coffin tombs in Datong prove that Datong ethnic integration and interaction were frequent in the Northern Wei Dynasty. Although there are abundant remains of grotto temples in Shanxi, there are few systematic archaeological excavations. In 2021, Shanxi Institute of Archaeology and Peking University jointly excavated the "cliff statue of thousand Buddha cliff in Huozhou". According to preliminary statistics, there are more than 70 niches and about 300 statues here. There is a sitting Buddha up to 6 meters above the cliff, which was carved in the "gaowu period" of the Tang Dynasty. According to Bai Shuzhang, the discoverer of the project, the five eleven sided Guanyin statues found this time are the remarkable features of the cliff statues of thousand Buddha cliff in Huozhou. Bai Shuzhang said that the above statues were first chiseled in the "gaowu period" of the Tang Dynasty, mainly after the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty. They are an important medium-sized statues of the Tang Dynasty in Shanxi. The statues not only have the style of Tianlongshan Grottoes in Taiyuan, but also are influenced by the style of statues in the Tang Dynasty in Longmen and Guanzhong areas of Luoyang. On the same day, Shanxi archaeological society invited the public to select three "most popular new archaeological discoveries" through online channels. (outlook new era)