The Jinggouzi culture () was a culture of Inner Mongolia, particularly around Linxi County and the Greater Chifeng area, from 475 BCE to 300 BCE. It succeeded the Upper Xiajiadian culture, and preceded the establishment of the Yan territory by the Han dynasty.
Ancient samples of the Jinggouzi site situated to the northwest of the Liao civilization were assigned to Haplogroup C-M217. Northern nomads from Jinggouzi might have entered the West Liao River valley, but these Jinggouzi people (closely related to Xianbei and Oroqen) were culturally and genetically distinct from the original people of the West Liao River valley, who carried the characteristic Haplogroup N-M231 lineage. The Jinggouzi people may have been associated with the Donghu.
See also Yan (state)
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