Astana tombs
The Astana Tombs ( Chinese 阿斯塔 那 古墓 群 , Pinyin Āsītǎnà gǔmùqún , English Astana Graves , also known as 阿斯塔 那 墓群 for short , Āsītǎnà mùqún in Chinese ) are located in the area of the Gaochang district , about 30 km east-southeast of the city center of Turpan , in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China .
It was the burial place for the residents of Gaochang from 273 to 778; H. in the period of the Western Jin - to the Tang Dynasty . Ordinary citizens to high officials were buried here. The complex covers 10 square kilometers and contains over 1000 graves. Around 400 graves have been uncovered since 1959. The tombs are located in the northern neighborhood of the ruined city of Gaochang - the capital of the former kingdoms.
English ( Aurel Stein ), Russian ( Peter Koslow ), German ( Albert von Le Coq ) and Japanese research expeditions ( Tachibana Zuichō ) found plenty of souvenirs here.
The site is famous for its mummies and grave goods, which are well preserved due to the low humidity. These include textiles and over 2000 text finds, as well as well-preserved pastries decorated in many ways ( huashi gaodian ) and other pasta (Chinese nang and jiaozi ) from the time of the Tang dynasty .
Since 1988 the site has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China in Xinjiang (3-241).
literature
- Zhen, Wu: "Hu" Non-Chinese as they appear in the materials from the Astana Graveyard at Turfan. Philadelphia, Pa .: Dep. of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Univ. of Pennsylvania, 2002 (Sino-platonic papers; 119)
- Zhongguo da baike quanshu : Kaoguxue (Great Chinese Encyclopedia: Volume Archeology). Beijing: Zhongguo da baike quanshu chubanshe, 1986
- Works by Aurel Stein in the Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books
- Xinjiang Cultural Board: The Ancient City of Gaochang (高昌 故城). Urumqi, China, 2005.
- Tang Changru 唐 長 孺 (Ed.): Tulufan chutu wenshu吐鲁番 出土 文書 [Unearthed documents from Turfan]. 中國 文物 硏 究 所, 新疆維吾爾自治區 博物館, 武汉 大學 歷史 系 編. Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe , 1992-1996.
- Tulufan chutu wenshu renming diming suoyin吐魯番 出土 文書 人名 地名 索引 [person and place name index for the excavated documents from Turfan]. Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe 1996
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Footnotes
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Coordinates: 42 ° 52 ′ 54 ″ N , 89 ° 31 ′ 38 ″ E