Liye Ancient City

The Liye Ancient City (Chinese: 里耶古城; pinyin: Lǐyē Gǔchéng) is an archaeological site in Liye Town, Longshan County, Hunan Province, China.

It was approved as a historical and cultural site protected at the national level in Hunan on November 22, 2002.

The Liye Qin Slips Museum and the Ruins Park were officially opened on October 28, 2010.

As part of the Wanmipo Hydropower station (Chinese: 碗米坡水電站) construction, the archaeologists from Hunan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology (Chinese: 湖南省考古研究所) and the local archaeological units started a rescue excavation for the site of ancient cultural remains in Liye on April 17, 2002, the ancient city gradually revealed.

All the buildings and facilities together formed a complete system of an ancient city.