School of History of Zhengzhou University, Luoyang Municipal Archaeological Team,

Excavation on the Eastern Wall – site of the Eastern Zhou Palace – city at Luoyang, Henan   (15)

       In coordination with the capital construction engineering, the Luoyang Municipal Archaeological Team excavated a section of the eastern wall of the Eastern Zhou palace – city from February to March in 2004. The wall is located about 360 meters away to the north of the Tanggong Road. To its east, the Guanghua Road is about 60 meters away. The section is north – south in direction, about 20 meters in length, 11.9 meters in width, and its orientation is °. Rammed earth of two stages composed the wall in the excavated area. The earth of I – stage was set on a north – south road of 0.14 meters in thickness. On the road, there are four cart – ruts, the length between each rut is 1.1 meters. This regular data indicates that the road should be a main road of the city. According to the excavation situation, the road had been used for a long time from the Spring and Autumn Period to the early Warring States Period. This excavation provides important information for study of the building, the using, and the city layout of the Eastern Zhou palace – city.

 

Huai’an Municipal Museum, Library of Lianshui County,

The Song Dynasty Underground Palace of the Miaotong Pagoda Located in Lianshui County, Jiangsu   (20)

       The Miaotong Pagoda was built in the first year (1023B.C.) of the Tian Sheng reign of Emperor Ren Zong in the Northern Song Dynasty, located at the west gate of the Lianshui County. It was made of brick, more than 30 meters tall, destroyed in war in 1948. In May of 1998, in coordination with the reconstruction plan of the pagoda, archaeologists investigated the site and discovered the underground palace. The unearthed objects are mainly found in a stone casket on a stone desk, including gold coffin, silver coffin, glass vase, porcelain vase, mica vase, gold hairpin, and more than one thousand of coins. In the gold coffin, there are silver box, tooth relic of Buddha, and sariras. There are many exquisite Buddhistic images on the stone casket and the silver coffin. A stone stele is also found in this excavation. According to the inscription, the pagoda was built to bury the sariras of Master Zheng Yin.

 

Zhao Feng, Wang Le, Wang Mingfang

Study on Two Brocade Robes Unearthed in Ala’er Basin, Qinghai   (66)

       In 1951, an ancient tomb was discovered in Ala’er Basin, Qinghai Province. Researchers of the Palace Museum had revealed the unearthed fabrics and clothes. This thesis is a further research about two of the unearthed brocade robes. One of the robes bears eagle design, another bears peacock and confronting sheep. After analyzing their material, design, weave, style, specification, and tailor, the authors date the tomb to the period from the Northern Song Dynasty to the Shao Xing reign (1131 ~ 1162 B.C.) in the Southern Song Dynasty. Both of the robes have had the crossed collar and the right lapel of minorities. The brocades are similar to those of Western Regions. So they should be the “Central Asian Brocade” of that age. The designs combine styles of Persia, Arabia, as well as Byzantinism in the 11th and 12th Century.

 

Nan Pucheng et al.,

Study on Producing Area of Some of the Bronze Unearthed from Panlongcheng, Hubei   (77)