The site is located in Dongjialin Village, just north of Liulihe Township (琉璃河镇), in Fangshan District, 43 km (27 mi) south of Beijing's city centre.

[1] Artifacts from the site including engraved bronze ware and chariots provide the earliest archaeological evidence of urban settlement in Beijing Municipality.

[3] Sector II, possibly from the Zhou dynasty, contains greater numbers of large- and medium-sized tombs of nobles with chariots and rich set of burial items.

[3] The most historically significant discovery at Liulihe is M1193, the tomb of the Marquis of Yan, which yielded two inscribed bronzes.

[5] The inscriptions on the bronzes describe investiture ceremony and the enfeoffment of the vassal State of Yan to the Duke of Shao.

The artifacts unearthed at Liulihe demonstrate the Yan capital's wealth and political importance during the Western Zhou dynasty dating back to at least the 11th century B.C.

During the subsequent Eastern[clarification needed] around in the 7th century B.C., the state of Yan conquered the State of Ji to the north and moved its capital from Liulihe to Ji, which became the urban center of Beijing for the next 2,000 years until the 13th century, when the city centre shifted further north during the Yuan dynasty.

[9] The museum is located near Dongjialin Village in Liulihe Township in Fangshan District off the G4 Expressway and National Highway 107.