Recently, Hunan Province announced the "Top 10 cultural news events in Hunan in 2017" and the Tongmuling Mining Site in Guiyang County was on the list. It was reported that the site has also won the title of "Top 10 new archaeological discoveries in China in 2016", which was one of the ancient zinc smelting sites with the best preservation, the clearest structure and function, and the richest unearthed smelting relics in China. The discovery of Tongmuling Mining Site has filled in many gaps in the history of zinc smelting in China, which played a key role in the complete restoration of ancient zinc smelting, was of great significance to the study of the origin, development and dissemination of ancient zinc smelting technology in China, and had important theoretical significance and practical value to the history of metallurgy and science and technology in China.