Lijiashan
Coordinates: 24 ° 19 ′ 51 ″ N , 102 ° 42 ′ 15 ″ E
Lijiashan ( Chinese 李家 山 , Pinyin Lǐjiā Shān - "Lijia Mountain") is an approximately one hundred meter high mountain in Jiangchuan in the Chinese province of Yunnan and at the same time the name of an important archaeological site of the Dian culture and the ancient kingdom of Dian . The mountain is located on Xingyun Lake , only about 40 km from Shizhaishan .
A group of tombs from the Dian culture was discovered in Lijiashan , including the famous bronze ritual table with a cattle attacked by a tiger ( Niu hu tong an ), the masterpiece of Lijiashan's bronze culture.
In 1972 excavations were carried out. The 87 old graves date back to the spring and autumn period to the Western Han Dynasty .
Over 4,000 grave goods, including bronzes, jade and stone artefacts, which are of very high technical and artistic value, have been excavated. In addition to the finds from Shizhaishan , they provide important material for research into the history of the Dian people and their culture .
The ancient graves of Lijiashan have been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China since 2001 .
Lijiashan Bronze Goods Museum
The Lijiashan Bronze Goods Museum ( Liajiashan qingtongqi bowuguan ) is located in Jiangchuan County , about 110 km south of Kunming . It opened in 1993 and is the first Chinese bronze goods museum.
Some grave goods and their Chinese names
- Niu hu tong an 牛 虎 铜 案
- Jisi zhubeiqi 祭祀 贮 贝 器
Literature in western languages
- Michèle Pirazzoli-t'Serstevens : La civilization du royaume de Dian à l'époque Han d'après le matériel exhumé à Shizhaishan (Yunnan). Paris 1974 (Publications de l'École Francaise d'Extrême-Orient 94)
- Lutz Albert (Ed.): Dian. A sunken kingdom in China. Art treasures from the Yunnan Province Museum in Kunming, People's Republic of China. Zurich, Rietberg, 1986
- Charles Higham : The Bronze Age of Southeast Asia. Cambridge University Press 1996, ISBN 0521565057 (Cambridge World Archeology)
Chinese literature
- Zhongguo da baike quanshu : Kaoguxue [Great Chinese Encyclopedia, Volume: Archeology], Beijing: Zhongguo da baike quanshu, 1986