Wang Chuzhi's tomb

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Stone relief from the tomb of Wang Chuzhi - painted stone relief of a warrior

The grave of Wang Chuzhi ( Chinese  王 處 直 墓  /  王 处 直 墓 , Pinyin Wang Chuzhi mu , W.-G. Wang Ch'u-chih mu , English Tomb of Wang Chuzhi ) is the grave of Wang Chuzhi (863– 923), a high military governor from the late Tang Dynasty and the Later Liang Dynasty of the Five Dynasties . It was discovered in 1980 in Xiyanchuan Village, Quyang County (Baoding), Hebei Province, China .

The grave was robbed in July 1994. However, it is of great historical value because of its artistically high-quality wall paintings and reliefs .

Painted marble reliefs

A group of maidservants and a fifteen-member ladies' orchestra can be seen on two painted marble reliefs . It provides information about the musical taste of the upper class of the late Tang dynasty.

Ladies orchestra

The group consists of a conductor, two little dancers in front of him, the actual orchestra consists of twelve. In the front row, five women - from right to left - play the instruments konghou箜篌 (bow harp), zheng箏 ( vaulted board zither), pipa琵琶 (lute), paiban拍板 (stripe clapper ) and dagu大鼓 (bass drum), in of the back row of seven ladies on the instruments sheng笙 (mouth organ), fangxiang方 響 ( percussion board ), dalagu答 臘 鼓 (west Asian cylinder drum), bili篳 篥 (oboe; 2 ×) and hengdi橫笛 (bamboo flute; 2 ×).

gallery

literature

  • Hebei Sheng wenwu yanjiusuo 河北省 文物 研究所: Wudai Wang Chuzhi mu五代 王 處 直 墓. Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe 1998; ISBN 7501010358
  • Zeng Jinshou: China's music and music education in cultural exchange with neighboring countries and the West . (Diss.). Bremen 2003, DNB  975576887 , section “ Qiuci ji ” ( d-nb.info [PDF; 9.3 MB ; accessed on January 3, 2019]).
  • Schottenhammer, Angela: "The grave of Wang Chuzhi (863-923)." In: Angela Schottenhammer (Ed.) On the trail of the afterlife. Chinese grave culture in the facets of reality, history and the cult of the dead. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2003. pp. 61–117.
  • Yang Xiaoneng (Ed.): The Golden Age of Chinese Archeology: Celebrated Discoveries from the People's Republic of China. ISBN 0-300-08132-4 .

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 彩绘 浮雕 女 伎乐 图 ( Memento from July 9, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  2. ↑ Photo of the marble relief at the National Galary of Arts (NGA) ( Memento from February 28, 2010)
  3. ↑ s. http://www.zdic.net/cd/ci/12/ZdicE7ZdicADZdic94198721.htm ; similar to jiegu羯鼓 or japanese kakko .
  4. ^ Zeng, p. 87.