Weicheng District, Xianyang

Weicheng District is a district of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.

The district is notable for a number of Zhou and Han era tombs.

History
The area belonged to the, also known as the state of Ying , during the Shang dynasty. The Cheng state, which included northern portions of present-day Weicheng District, was settled by the descendants of sometime between 16th and 14th centuries BCE. Present-day was the site of a fief of the Cheng state.

During the Zhou dynasty, King Wen oversaw the expansion of the dynasty to the west of the, into present-day Xianyang. Him and King Wu were buried in a complex known as the, located in present-day. The complex contains two ancestral halls dedicated to the kings, as well as over 40 steles, which were erected in their honor during the Song dynasty.

Administrative divisions
Weicheng District administers the following 10 subdistricts: