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Afternoon of December 25
The results of the excavations were demonstrated by archaeologists
First public announcement -
Jiangxi Zhangshu Guozishan Tomb
It is an archaeological discovery in the Jiangxi region so far
The largest tomb of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty
The owner of the tomb is most likely a Yue royal nobleman!
In Zhangshu City, Jiangxi Province, archaeologists have earlier discovered a high-grade tomb from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, which has been excavated for more than four years, unearthing more than 2,000 sets of artifacts, including the longest kite and two bronze ge (halberds) with the inscription "Yue Wang" to date.
The site of the Acropolis and the tomb of Guozishan
On the afternoon of December 25, after more than 30 experts from the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, Peking University, the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology jointly demonstrated the results of the archaeological excavation of the Guozi Shanyue Royal Family Tomb in Zhangshu City, it was announced for the first time.
Guozishan tomb is the largest archaeological discovery in Jiangxi so far in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty tombs, the excavation of Guozishan tomb is a new breakthrough in the archaeology of Yue and Yue culture, and has important academic significance for the study of Vietnamese history!
According to the excavated relics and other inferences, the tomb era is in the middle of the Warring States period. The Guozishan Tomb is by far the largest archaeological find in Jiangxi during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. The tomb owner has a high status, presumably a Yue royal family noble.
The Guozishan Tomb is located in the southwest of Hongguangtang, Pengze Village, Daqiao Street, Zhangshu City, Yichun City, Jiangxi Province, at the top of a hill about 300 meters west of the site of the Acropolis. The Acropolis was the central site of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in the Qingjiang Basin. A large number of city sites, ruins, tombs, etc. of the same period have been found around the city site, forming a settlement group with the acropolis as the core.
Since 2017, with the support of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, the Guozishan Archaeological Team composed of the Jiangxi Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Zhangshu City Museum has carried out continuous archaeological excavations and research on the tombs and surrounding areas with the concept of settlement archaeology.
M1 tomb main coffin and funerary coffin
The tomb is an east-west zigzag vertical pit tomb. The tomb is surrounded by a nearly rectangular ditch. The burial chamber is about 16 meters long from east to west and about 14.4 meters wide from north to south. The chamber is rectangular in shape and consists of a cushion wood underneath, a base plate, and a perimeter side panel and cover plate. Nan wood is used in all parts of the chamber. The lintel cover is covered with golden veneer. The rafter chamber is divided into 25 well-organized chambers by partitions and columns. Seven coffins are placed in the rafters. Among them, the main coffin is a ship-shaped single wooden coffin, located in the middle of the rafters, and the other 6 funerary coffins are placed in the surrounding chambers.
Although the tomb was disturbed by early theft, more than 2,000 sets of artifacts were still excavated in various chambers. The types of artifacts unearthed in the tomb are mainly lacquered wood ware, as well as metalware, ceramics and jade ware. From the perspective of utensils, it includes a variety of categories such as ceremonial instruments, musical instruments, weapons, carriage and horse tools, and daily utensils.
The kite in the ceremonial vessel is well preserved, with a total length of 2.3 meters, which is the longest kite found in the pre-Qin period.
The national character mountain tomb was unearthed kite
The most important thing is that the two pieces excavated in the tomb are inscribed bronze ge (halberd). According to expert research, the inscriptions are "The One Who Killed Himself with a Halberd" and "The Eldest Son of the King of Yutai(?) Shou Zi Zha Yuan with a spear". The masters were Xuansun Fei (410-375 BC) of the Yue King's Gou Jian and one of Feng's sons, Bu (?). Shou.
Jerry (戟)
Bu Shou Ge (halberd)
The bronze dove staff sits in humanoid shape
Jade Dragon Phoenix
Clay pots and pottery beans were unearthed inside the niches
The excavation of the Guozishan tomb provides key information for the construction and improvement of the genealogy of archaeological and cultural sequences in the two-week period in Jiangxi, and at the same time lays a solid foundation for the final characterization of the site of the Acropolis and the discussion of the settlement layout and social structure of the two-week period in the Qingjiang Basin.
Two copper cups
In addition to the prominent Yue cultural factors, the Guozishan tomb also has a considerable number of Chu cultural factors and Qunshu cultural factors, reflecting the characteristics of the integration and coexistence of various cultural factors, which is of great academic value for the study of the Wu-Yue-Chu relationship, the evolution of the political pattern and the process of "pluralism and integration of Chinese civilization" in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty of the Jiangxi region as the "Wutou Chuwei".
Comprehensive Jiangxi Release, Jiangxi Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, People's Daily Client, Yichun Release, Yichun Cultural Tourism
Source: Nanchang Evening News