In 2005,the Jilin Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology carried out archaeological survey and excavation to investigate the two groups of remains of the "24 stones" at Jiangdong and Linsheng townships in the suburbs of Dunhua City.They discovered a batch of completely new data on these vestiges.The remains are pedestals arranged in three west-to-east eight-stone rows.Beneath each row of pedestals is a groove filled with yellow clay and basalt fragments.The excavation furnished new data to clarifying the date,nature and function of the "24 stones."
