The reporter learned from the cultural relics department of Shaanxi Province on the 14th that archaeologists found a large Han tomb in Jiangcun, Baqiao District, the eastern suburb of Xi'an City, and after continuous exploration and rescue excavation of some of the outer pits around the tomb, it was basically confirmed that this tomb was the mausoleum of Emperor Wen of Han.
After entering the 21st century, archaeologists from the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology and the Xi'an Institute of Archaeology for the Protection of Cultural Relics carried out a large-scale archaeological survey in the western part of Bailuyuan in the eastern suburbs of Xi'an City, and carried out large-scale archaeological exploration of the "Phoenix Mouth" where the ancestral Tomb of Emperor Wen of Han was located, as well as the Mausoleum of Empress Dou and the Southern Tomb of Empress Bo, basically determined the general scope of the Mausoleum area of Emperor Hanwen, the distribution of important sites and the layout of important sites, and newly discovered a "Sub" glyph-shaped tomb. This newly discovered tomb is called the Jiangcun Tomb because it is located in Jiangcun, Baqiao District, Xi'an City.
Excavation site No. 1 of Gangchon Tomb (taken on May 15, 2019).
Excavation site of Empress Bo's Southern Tomb (taken on March 14, 2019).
Jiangcun tomb floor is not sealed, the tomb shape is in the shape of a "Ya", with trapezoidal tomb passages on all four sides, the opening of the tomb is 2-4.5 meters from the surface, 74.5 meters long from north to south, 71.5 meters wide from east to west, and the bottom is 27-30 meters deep from the surface.
Since 2017, archaeologists have rescued and excavated some of the outer pits of Jiangcun Tomb and Empress Bo's Southern Mausoleum, and unearthed a large number of cultural relics such as clothed clay figurines, clay pots, copper belt hooks, crossbow machines, iron halberds, and carriages and horses. At the same time, two seals were found, one of which was cleaned and identified, and the inscription was "Zhongsikong Seal".
Seals unearthed from a pit outside the Emura Tomb (taken on May 7, 2020).
Clothed clay figurines unearthed from a pit outside the Gangchon Tomb (photo taken on October 8).
Copper gears unearthed from a pit outside Gangchon's tomb (taken on May 7, 2020).
In the western part of Bailuyuan, there is an area called "Phoenix Mouth", where there are more than 10 sacrifice monuments from the Ming and Qing dynasties, and there is also a stone stele inscribed by Bi Yuan, the governor of Shaanxi during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, which reads "Han Wen Emperor's Tomb" 5 characters, so for a long time " Phoenix Mouth" is also considered to be the tomb of Han Wen Emperor.
A group of pottery figurines excavated from the outer pit of Empress Bo's Southern Tomb (photographed on May 7, 2020).
Painted pottery figurines unearthed from the outer pit of Empress Bo's Nanling Tomb (taken on August 26, 2019).
It is understood that the archaeologists have made a comprehensive and detailed archaeological exploration of the "Phoenix Mouth" area, and have not found any artificially built or excavated remains, and it can be basically determined that the "Phoenix Mouth" is just a naturally formed loess beam without any tombs.
"This archaeological discovery confirms that the 'Phoenix Mouth' is a false tomb that has been falsely rumored by later generations. Jiangcun Tombs and Han Gaozu Changling, Hanjing Emperor Yang Mausoleum and other Western Han Emperor Mausoleum form elements are similar, the layout is similar, the overall scale is comparable, and there is a clear development and evolution trajectory, in addition, combined with the literature, the preliminary inference of Jiangcun Tomb is the tomb of Emperor Wen of Han. Ma Yongying, a researcher at the Shaanxi Provincial Archaeological Research Institute who presided over the archaeological excavation, said.
Archaeologists excavate the outer pit of Empress Bo's Southern Tomb (photo taken on July 17, 2018).
Reporters: Yang Yimiao, Chen Changqi, Zhang Sijie, Li Yibo
Source: Xinhua News Agency