Wall painting tombs of Liaoyang
The wall painting graves of Liaoyang ( Chinese 辽阳 壁画 墓群 , Pinyin Liáoyáng bìhuà mùqún , English Mural Tombs in Liaoyang / Painted Tombs at Liaoyang ) in Liaoyang in the northeast Chinese province of Liaoning are famous for their wall paintings, large multi-chambered stone tombs from the Han dynasty up to the Wei - Jin period (魏晋).
They are mostly common in the northern suburbs of Liaoyang on the left bank of the Taizi He River (太子 河). First graves were discovered in Bangtaizi棒 台子 屯 in 1944 , after the founding of the People's Republic (1949) one old grave after another was discovered. There are exquisite wall paintings in the graves. They depict travel scenes, festivals, acrobatics and kitchen scenes and reflect the life of the nobles, rich and powerful as well as everyday life.
They have been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (1-167) since 1961 .
Graves
Source: Liaoyang bihuamu qun
- Bangtaizi Tomb No. 1 棒 台子 1 号 墓
- Beiyuan Tomb No. 1 北 园 l 号 墓
- Sandaohao "chariot grave" (cheyi mu) 三 道 壕 车骑 墓
- Sandaohao Tomb No. 1 l 号 墓
- Sandaohao Tomb No. 2 2 号 墓
- Lingzhiling Tomb 令 支 令 墓
- Xiaoqing duizi tomb 小青 堆 子 墓
- Dongtaizi tomb 东 台子 墓
- Nantaizi tomb 南台 子 墓
literature
- Cihai ("Sea of Words"), Shanghai cishu chubanshe, Shanghai 2002, ISBN 7-5326-0839-5
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Footnotes
- ↑ The graves from the time of the Han dynasty are also known under the name Hanzeitliche mural graves in Liaoyang (辽阳 汉 壁画 墓 Liáoyáng Hàn bìhuà mù.
- ^ Cihai , p. 1029.
Coordinates: 41 ° 18 ′ 58 ″ N , 123 ° 10 ′ 14 ″ E