In May-July 2001, the Jilin Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology surveyed the Gangouzi cemetery in Changbai County and excavated there seven tombs. These are stone burial pits each with several or d...In May-July 2001, the Jilin Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology surveyed the Gangouzi cemetery in Changbai County and excavated there seven tombs. These are stone burial pits each with several or dozen circular, semicircular or fan-like platforms structured of pebbles and connected with each other. They contain secondary burials after cremation. Human bones are largely broken. The funeral objects consist of pottery, jade and stone artifacts and bronzes. The excavation is of important value to studying the origin of the tomb shape prevailing among the Kaoguryo people.展开更多
In September-December 2002, the Hubei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology excavated the Nos. 1 and 2 Chu State tombs and the horse-and-chariot burial pits auxiliary to them in the Jiuliandun cemete...In September-December 2002, the Hubei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology excavated the Nos. 1 and 2 Chu State tombs and the horse-and-chariot burial pits auxiliary to them in the Jiuliandun cemetery of Wudian Town in Zaoyang City, Hubei Province. The two graves are large in size, rectangular in plan, with ramping tomb-passages and, on each wall, 14 steps. Either of them contains a double outer and a double inner coffins, the former being partitioned into five cabinets. The funeral objects are very rich, numbering 617 pieces/sets for Tomb No.1 and 587 pieces/sets for Tomb No.2, and more than 1,000 bamboo slips were unearthed from the second grave. Two horse-and-chariot burial pits were discovered on the western side of the tombs. Their contents consist of 33 chariots and 72 horses in Pit 1 and 7 and 16 respectively in Pit 2. The discovery will greatly push forward the study of the Chu culture.展开更多
文摘In May-July 2001, the Jilin Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology surveyed the Gangouzi cemetery in Changbai County and excavated there seven tombs. These are stone burial pits each with several or dozen circular, semicircular or fan-like platforms structured of pebbles and connected with each other. They contain secondary burials after cremation. Human bones are largely broken. The funeral objects consist of pottery, jade and stone artifacts and bronzes. The excavation is of important value to studying the origin of the tomb shape prevailing among the Kaoguryo people.
文摘In September-December 2002, the Hubei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology excavated the Nos. 1 and 2 Chu State tombs and the horse-and-chariot burial pits auxiliary to them in the Jiuliandun cemetery of Wudian Town in Zaoyang City, Hubei Province. The two graves are large in size, rectangular in plan, with ramping tomb-passages and, on each wall, 14 steps. Either of them contains a double outer and a double inner coffins, the former being partitioned into five cabinets. The funeral objects are very rich, numbering 617 pieces/sets for Tomb No.1 and 587 pieces/sets for Tomb No.2, and more than 1,000 bamboo slips were unearthed from the second grave. Two horse-and-chariot burial pits were discovered on the western side of the tombs. Their contents consist of 33 chariots and 72 horses in Pit 1 and 7 and 16 respectively in Pit 2. The discovery will greatly push forward the study of the Chu culture.
