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Hongtupo M14 Tomb in Xiangyun County, Yunnan Province (4)

Museum of Dali Bai Nationality Autonomous Prefecture

【Abstract】 Xiangyun County is in the eastern part of Dali Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province. From 1987 to 1988, the Dali Museum carried out a rescue excavation in Hongtupo, Xiangyun County.79 tombs built in the period from the Warring States to the Western Han were unearthed. In tomb M14, a single pottery vessel and 500 bronzes were discovered. The bronzes include weapons, ornaments, and models of animals, tools, articles of daily use, ritual objects, and musical instruments. Among these were 197 bronze staff finials of various types, including examples shaped like bitterns, mandarin ducks, ospreys, chickens, and so on.M14 appears to date from as early as the Warring States to as late as the early Western Han.

 

 

Excavation of Zhaojiawan Tomb M8 of the Eastern Han in Fengjie, Chongqing (15)

Department of History of Wuhan University Sanxia Office of Chongqing Municipal Culture Bureau

【Abstract】 In June of 2001,a collaborative archaeological team excavated Zhaojiawan Tomb M8 in Fengjie County, Chongqing City. It was a knife-and-handle-shaped tomb composed of a tomb passage and a chamber.112 burial objects were unearthed, mainly pottery wares of daily use, pottery figures, chariot-and-horse fittings, glass beads, and hundreds of copper coins. Judging by the structure of the tomb and the funeral objects, the tomb was probably built in the early Eastern Han. 

 

 

Characteristics and Influences of the Mausoleum System of the Eastern Han and the Northern Wei (51)

Han Guohe

【Abstract】 According to the latest archaeological discoveries, the mausoleum system of the Eastern Han changed greatly from the Western Han. The most obvious changes include the appearance of the round earth mound, the underground palace with a long sloping passage, the mausoleum building located to the east or south of the earth mound, the disappearance of the outer burial pits, and popularization of joint burial in one pit. The mausoleum system of the Northern Wei was greatly affected by that of the Eastern Han, besides tradition. The historical reason for these changes was probably the respect of the early Eastern Han for the former Han tradition and its attempt to distinguish its own practices from those of the former Han, and the powerful enforcement of Sinicization policies of the Northern Wei government. These changes can be seen as new innovations and developments in the history of the ancient Chinese mausoleum tradition.