湖北襄阳檀溪宋代壁画墓

The Mural Tombs of the Song Dynasty at Tanxi in Xiangyang, Hubei

2007年,襄阳市文物考古研究所抢救性发掘墓葬5座,其中M196、M197两墓大小相近,皆为长方形砖砌单室券顶墓。M196墓室内以砖砌出假门、斗拱等。四壁画有庖厨、备饮、妇人启门,斗拱之间绘四神及牡丹。M197仅在四壁绘六个朱色线框。因早年被盗掘,两墓仅出少量钱币和陶瓶、瓷瓶各1件。根据墓葬形制和出土器物判断,这两座墓应是南宋早、中期的夫妻异穴合葬墓。

In 2007, Xiangyang Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology of Hubei Province conducted rescue excavations to five tombs, the M196 and M197 of which were in similar sizes and the same type of brick single-chamber tombs in rectangular plan with vaulted ceiling. In the chamber of M196, brick doors and bracket sets simulating wooden structures were built out of the walls and the murals of scenes of cooking, preparing wine and tea and women in half-open doors were painted on the walls; in the spaces between the bracket sets, the figures of the Four Supernatural Beings and peony flowers were painted. M197 had only six frames painted with red color on the walls of the tomb chamber. Having been looted long before the excavation, these two tombs yielded only a few coins, one pottery bottle, and one porcelain bottle. The tomb structure and the unearthed grave goods showed that these two tombs were that of a couple buried in separate graves in the early to mid Southern Song Dynasty.