The villagers already live in "two bedrooms" 8000 years ago

One day in late March, villagers gather and chat in twos and threes on the Cultural Square of Tanghu Village, Xinzheng, Zhengzhou City. The neatly arranged small clear courtyards with white tiled walls are pleasant ,and the red retro-style doors, shaded by green trees, give a touch of color to this small village far from the city.

3月下旬的一天，郑州新郑唐户村，干净整洁，排列整齐的青瓦白墙小院落让人赏心悦目，红色的复古式门庭掩映在绿树荫中，给这个远离市区小村落带来一抹别样色彩。文化广场上，村民三三两两地聚在一起唠家常。

“My village is famous and people often come here to shoot videos and release them on TikTok.” Tang Mingjun, a villager, couldn't be prouder “Our village has a long culture, there are national cultural relics protection units which are ruins of several thousand years ago. There is a view pavilion at the entrance of the village, go up can see the Huangdi Estuary(10 kilometers south of the Ji River, in the legend story that the Yellow Emperor pass through here in his south tour ). Every year the begonia flowers in the ecological corridor of the south-to-North Water Diversion project bloom, and many people drive or ride bicycles to enjoy it. ”

“俺村可有名了，经常有人来，还有可多拍抖音的。” 村民唐明军无比自豪，“文化悠久，有全国文物保护单位，好几千年的遗址。村口有观景阁，上去就能看到黄帝口。每年南水北调生态廊道的海棠花一开，很多人专门开车、骑车来看。”

During the discovery of the Peiligang site,Tanghu village, although had been remembered by archaeologists, but the real large-scale excavation,was from the south-to-north water diversion project. In 2006, the Tanghu Ruins excavated by the Zhengzhou Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology provided clues for people to explore the living forms of Peiligang culture more than 8,000 years ago.

在裴李岗遗址发现的过程中，“一闪而过”的唐户村，虽然一直被考古人惦记着，但真正得以大面积发掘，来自南水北调工程的机缘——2006年，郑州市文物考古研究院主持发掘的唐户遗址，为人们探讨8000多年前裴李岗文化时期的居住形态提供了线索。

Households of aggreagtion community found in Tanghu Site photo/Xinzheng Museum

△唐户遗址发现的聚落群房址。新郑市文物局供图

Wang Songzhi, a staff member of the Zhengzhou Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, said that the Tanghu Site covers an area of 300,000 square meters, which is the largest site of Peiligang culture discovered so far. The thickest accumulation of cultural layer is more than 3 meters, which belongs to the first-level settlement site of Peiligang cultural settlement group.More than 60 cultural housing sites in Peiligang have been discovered, which is also the largest number of cultural housing sites in Peiligang.The houses were built in semi-crypt style, divided into "single room" and "double room". In the two-room house, there are hearth and pottery fragments, indicating that our ancestors could cook in the house and keep warm in winter.

郑州市文物考古研究院工作人员汪松枝说，唐户遗址的裴李岗文化遗存面积达30万平方米，是目前已发现裴李岗文化中面积最大的遗址。文化层堆积最厚处达3米以上，属于裴李岗文化聚落群的一级聚落遗址。共发现裴李岗文化房址60多座，也是目前发现裴李岗文化房址最多的地方。房屋建造方式均为半地穴式，分为“单间式”和“双间式”两种，在一双间式房屋内发现有灶台及陶器残片，说明我们的先民在房屋里既能做饭，又能在冬季取暖。

Tanghu Site photo/Xu Zongfu

△唐户遗址 徐宗福 图

“The unique layout method of Tang Hu site shows that people in Peiligang culture had fully considered the relationship between man and land. In this period, people engaged in farming and hunting for a long time. With strict social organization and high productivity, they continued to reproduce and live here, which has become the largest village site in the early and middle Neolithic Period in the central region of China.” Wang Songzhi said.

“唐户遗址这种匠心独具的布局方法，表明裴李岗文化时期的人们已经充分考虑到人地关系。这一时期的人们在此长时间进行农耕和捕猎，有着严密的社会组织和较高的社会生产力，不断进行繁衍生息，成为中国腹心地区新石器时代早中期面积最大的村落遗址。”汪松枝说。(文/苏瑜)