Discovery
The Stone Drums are mentioned in the 7th century, and may have been found within the preceding century. There exists no record of their actual discovery, so the date and location thereof are unsettled, and are a matter of extensive scholarly controversy. Wagner (1990) speculates that the original location of the drums’ discovery may have been the Qin royal tombs or an associated ritual complex in Fèngxiáng County (鳳翔), Shaanxi Province (陝西), but also mentions another potentially relevant location: a mountain named Shígǔshān (石鼓山), or Stone Drum Mt., in Chéncāng (陳倉), about 25 km. SW of Yong (Tianxing), the Qín capital from 677 to 383 BCE. Yong’s city walls have been found in Fengxiang, and the Qín royal tombs lie about 11 km. to the south.
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