Nanjing now has a problem, namely every instance that cites the City as having a history of 2,500 years. That’s a lot of tour guides, signage, websites, etc. For 600 years needs to be added to every last one, while we also have a new original name for our City; Changgan.
南京现在有一个问题，就是每一个例子都引用这座城市有2500年的历史。有很多导游、标牌、网站等等。每一个都需要添加 600 年，同时我们也为我们的城市有了一个新的原始名称；长干。
Those 2 and a half millennia are generally considered to be the founding history of Nanjing’s main urban area. But now this history has been refreshed by the archaeological community; Nanjing now dates back to around 1,100 BCE.
这两千年被普遍认为是南京主城区的建国史。但现在这段历史被考古界刷新了；南京的历史可以追溯到公元前 1,100 年左右。
In 2017, the Nanjing Archaeological Research Institute began to carry out archaeological excavations at the Changan Ancient City-Nanjing West Street Site, located outside Zhonghua Men and to the west of the Dabao’en Temple ruins.
2017年，南京考古研究院开始对位于中华门外、大报恩寺遗址西侧的长安古城-南京西街遗址进行考古发掘。
To date, some 12,000 square metres of land has been excavated, more than 500 ruins have been discovered and over 10,000 archaeological specimens unearthed.
截至目前，已发掘土地约12000平方米，发现遗址500多处，出土考古标本10000余件。
As The Paper reports, Changgan Ancient City has been found to comprise a moat, the foundations of walls, as well as doorways, wells, and pits thought utilised for the sacrifice of pigs.
据澎湃新闻报道，长干古城已被发现包括护城河、城墙基础以及被认为用于祭祀猪的门道、水井和坑。
Of particular interest is the moat, indicating even 3,000 years ago, that we now call Nanjing was already a military fortress.
特别令人感兴趣的是护城河，这表明即使在 3000 年前，我们现在所说的南京就已经是一个军事要塞。
From 18-19 December, a 2-week meet of the professional committee of the Chinese Archaeological Society and the Nanjing Archaeological Research Institute made public the West Street Site excavation results. Experts were in agreement that the Changgan Ancient City discovery advances the founding history of Nanjing to at least 3,000 years.
12月18日至19日，中国考古学会和南京考古研究院专业委员会召开了为期两周的会议，公布了西街遗址发掘成果。专家一致认为，长干古城的发现将南京的建城历史至少提前了3000年。
Therein was revealed that as the excavation widened, evidence collected increasingly points to the conclusion that the earliest part of Nanjing can be traced back to the Shang and Zhou Dynasties.
其中透露，随着发掘范围的扩大，收集到的证据越来越多，表明南京最早的部分可以追溯到商周时期。
The wells discovered are thought to have been built in the late Shang Dynasty, while pottery unearthed at the site with triangular scratches and other patterns has obvious Shang Dynasty characteristics. Meanwhile, the many nearby relics such as pig bones and charcoal have been carbon-14 dated, providing for a time frame that falls within the late Shang and early Zhou dynasties.
发现的水井被认为建于商代晚期，而现场出土的陶器上有三角形划痕等图案，具有明显的商代特征。与此同时，附近的许多遗迹，如猪骨和木炭，都经过碳14测年，确定了属于商末周初的时间范围。
It is further reported that Changgan Ancient City shall be opened to the public in the form of an archaeological site park in the future, presumably with the correct signage.
据悉，长干古城未来将以考古遗址公园的形式向公众开放，想必会有正确的标识。
