Reshui tombs
The Reshui Tombs ( Chinese 热水墓群 , Pinyin Rèshuǐ Muqun , English Reshui Tombs / Reshui Cemetery ) is a tang-time archaeological burial-place in the municipality Reshui the circle Dulan Autonomous District Haixi the Mongolians and Tibetans of the northwest China province of Qinghai . They are located on the west side of the Reshuigou ("warm water valley"). There are a total of over 2000 smaller and larger Tubo (Tibetan) and Tuyuhun (Murong Xianbei) graves from the ancient Tibetan Amdo from the 8th to 13th centuries . 9th century. The textile fragments found there are particularly valuable. Xu Xinguo , director of the Qinghai Province Cultural Property and Archeology Research Institute, did a great job of researching it.
The Reshui Tombs have been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (4-71) since 1996 .
literature
- Amy Heller: Archeology of Funeral Rituals as revealed by Tibetan tombs of the 8th to 9th century ( Online )
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Coordinates: 36 ° 10 ′ 4.8 " N , 98 ° 19 ′ 54.1" E