Han tombs of the kings of Lu
With the name Han tombs of the kings of Lu ( Chinese 汉 鲁 王墓 , Pinyin Hàn Lǔ wáng mù ) - often also known as Han tombs from the Jiulongshan ( Chinese 九龙山 汉墓 , Pinyin Jiǔlóngshān Hànmù ) after the most important site - these are tombs from Lu State during the Western Han Dynasty . They are located in Qufu (Jiulongshan 九龙山 and Tingshan 亭 山) and in Zoucheng邹城市 (Sijishan 四 基 山), Shandong Province , People's Republic of China . There are several tombs.
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In the four graves of the Jiulongshan site excavated by the Shandong Provincial Museum in 1970, 1,900 grave goods were found. The finds of the accessories of 12 four-horse wagons (sima anche 驷马 安 车) and the 50 horses buried with them are significant.
The graves in Qufu have been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (5-170) since 2001 .
literature
- Shandong sheng bowuguan: "Qufu Jiulongshan Hanmu fajue jianbao" [Brief excavation report of the Han tomb at Jiulongshan, Qufu], Wenwu, No. 5 (1972), pp. 39-54; and after p. 64 (panels 1-6).
Web links
- Han Lu wang mu - Chinese
- Jiulongshan Hanmu - Chinese
- Chariot fitting — draft pole ornament, yuan shou shi - English
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