Chengziya is also known as a "sacred site of Chinese archaeology" because it was "the first time that a dig was conducted using our own people and experience, and because there were important findings."
城子崖也因為六十年前我國考古界「第一次用自己的人力、經驗進行發掘，而且找出重要考古成果」，而有「中國考古聖地」之稱。