Han tombs in Mancheng

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Changxin Palace Lamp (Chángxìn gōng dēng 长 信 宫灯)

The Han tombs in Mancheng ( Chinese  满城 汉墓 , Pinyin Mǎnchéng Hànmù ) are the tombs of Prince Jing of Zhongshan ( Liu Sheng ) and his wife Dou Wan ( 窦 绾 , Dòu Wǎn ) from the time of the Western Han Dynasty . They are located in Mancheng in the Chinese province of Hebei in the Lingshan ("Burial Mound Mountain") and were excavated in 1968.

The graves

The two graves are carved into the rock and are essentially similar in structure. Objects made of bronze, iron, gold and silver, jade, as well as pottery, lacquerware, silk fabrics, acupuncture needles and many other grave goods were excavated.

The "lamp from the Changxin Palace" (depicting a kneeling servant with an oil lamp in her hand) and the "Boshan censer inlaid with gold" (a mountain with trees, animals and hunters in the middle of a vast area) are of a very high artistic level Sea) and "the neck pot (type hu ) , inlaid with gold and silver and provided with" bird script "(whose decorative script reveals southern influence).

A special feature are two completely preserved burial robes made of jade plates sewn with gold thread , as had not been seen before.

In Dou Wan's grave there was a lacquer coffin with jade tarsia , an inlay that was first discovered in China.

The two graves are dated around the end of the second century BC, Liu Sheng died in the 4th year of the Yuanding era (113 BC) of the Wudi , Dou Wan a little later. The excavations of the Han tombs in Mancheng provide important material for the study of handicrafts and handicrafts of the Han period.

Under the name Tomb of Prince Jing of Zhongshan (Zhongshan Jing wang mu; English Tomb of Prince Jing of Zhongshan) , the site has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (3–235) since 1988 .

Different names

The site is known by a variety of names including the Tomb of Prince Jing of Zhongshan , Han Tombs in Mancheng, and Tombs of Prince Jing of Zhongshan, Liu Sheng, and his wife from the Western Han Dynasty .

Individual objects

  • Chángxìn gōngdēng 长 信 宫灯
  • Cuòjīnyín niǎozhuànwén hú 错 金银 鸟 篆文 壶
  • Cuòjīn bóshān lú 错 金 博山 炉
  • Niǎozhuàn wénhú 鸟 篆 纹 壶

literature

  • Zhongguo shehui kexueyuan kaogu yanjiusuo, Hebei sheng wenwu guanli chu: Mancheng Hanmu fajue baogao滿城 汉墓 发掘 报告 [excavation report Han tombs in Mancheng]. Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe 1980 (2 vols.)
  • Thomas Jansen: “The rock tombs of Mancheng and courtly life at the time of the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - 9 AD)”, in: China, a cradle of world culture: 5000 years of inventions and discoveries , ed . Arne Eggebrecht . Mainz am Rhein: von Zabern 1994, ISBN 3-8053-1683-6 (pp. 85–95)
reference books

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Chángxìn gōngdēng 长 信 宫灯 "Eternal Loyalty Palace Lamp"; engl. "Eternal Fidelity" palace lamp
  2. ↑ cuòjīn bóshān lú 错 金 博山 炉
  3. ↑ cuòjīnyín niǎozhuànwén hú 错 金银 鸟 篆文 壶
  4. ↑ jīnlǚyùyī 金缕 玉 衣 "Jade robe with gold wire"
  5. ↑ xiāngyù qīguān 镶 玉 漆 棺
  6. ↑ http://www.hebeimuseum.org/english/chenliezhanlan/hanmu.htm
  7. ↑ Zhōngshān Jìng wáng mù 中山 靖 王墓
  8. ↑ Mǎnchéng Hàn mù 满城 汉墓
  9. ↑ Xī Hàn Zhōngshān Jìng wáng Liú Shèng fūfù mù 西汉 中山 靖 王 刘胜 夫妇 墓

Coordinates: 38 ° 56 ′ 50 ″  N , 115 ° 17 ′ 19 ″  E