Gong (yibin)
Gong ( Chinese 珙 县 , Pinyin Gǒng Xiàn ) is a district of the prefecture -level city of Yibin in the southeast of the southwest Chinese province of Sichuan . It has an area of 1,150 km² and has around 420,000 inhabitants. Its main town is the large community of Xunchang (巡 场 镇).
The hanging coffins of the Bo (Boren xuanguanzang (mu) 僰 人 悬棺 葬 (墓)) and the Aikou stone arch (Aikou shifang 隘口 石坊) have been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China since 1988 and 2006, respectively .
Web links
- Official website
- Suspended Coffins of the Bo People
- Mysterious Hanging Coffins of the Bo
- Hanging coffins in Gongxian
- Suspended coffins
Coordinates: 28 ° 12 ' N , 104 ° 46' E