Xi'an, 16 Dec (Xinhua) -- According to the information recently released by the Shaanxi Cultural Relics Department, after a long period of archaeological exploration, the Jiangcun Tomb in the eastern suburbs of Xi'an City has been confirmed to be the mausoleum of Emperor Wen of Han. In the han wendi mausoleum area that pioneered the "rule of Wenjing", what treasures were found?
From 2017 to the present, after continuous exploration by archaeologists, it was found that jiangcun tomb is a huge tomb with a depth of 30 meters, and through the partial excavation of the outer pits and funerary tombs around the jiangcun tomb, more than 1,000 pieces of various pottery figurines and more than 3,000 pieces of gold, silver, copper, iron and pottery cultural relics have been excavated.
This is a gold ornament excavated from the outer pit of Empress Bo's Southern Tomb. (Courtesy of Shaanxi Institute of Archaeology)
These excavated cultural relics are exquisitely made and of high specifications. Among them, at the No. 2 excavation site in the southwest of Jiangcun Tomb, archaeologists excavated a number of outer pits. In the outer pit numbered WK22, more than 200 cultural relics were excavated, including 13 clothed pottery figurines. Clay pots, copper belt hooks, crossbows, copper hammers, iron halberds, swords, lacquer shields and so on have been unearthed around the terracotta figurines. A large number of red, black and brown patent leather was also found during the excavation, although the shape is difficult to distinguish, but judging from the large number of small carriages and horses found around the patent leather, at least 2 wooden carriages and horses were placed in this outer pit.
This is a set of seals excavated from the pit outside the Great Tomb of Gangchon. (Courtesy of Shaanxi Institute of Archaeology)
Pottery figurines have been found in previous archaeological excavations of Han Dynasty tombs, but the dressed pottery figurines are a high-standard funerary product, which is currently mainly found in the tombs of royalty members in the Western Han Dynasty. In addition, stone tools with inscriptions and several copper seals have been unearthed from the outer pit. On these bronze seals, the names of the central government offices of the Western Han Dynasty are indicated. These high-standard funerary products are one of the important evidences that confirm that the Jiangcun Tomb is the tomb of the Han Dynasty Emperor.