On February 26, the preliminary evaluation results of the 2021 National Top Ten Archaeological New Discoveries were announced! According to the voting results, the top 20 projects with the number of votes were shortlisted for the final evaluation of the top ten new archaeological discoveries in The country in 2021. Our city's national character mountain Warring States Tomb is among them!
Top 10 new archaeological discoveries in China in 2021
Shortlisted for final evaluation projects
(In chronological order)
1 Sichuan Daocheng Piluo Ruins
2 Ruins of Shicun Village, Xia County, Shanxi
3 Ruins of Zhangjiachuan, Gansu
4 Huangshan Ruins in Nanyang, Henan
5 Ruins of Jiming City in Lixian County, Hunan
6 Shi'ao Ruins in Yuyao, Zhejiang
7 Gangshang Ruins in Tengzhou, Shandong
8 Sichuan Guanghan Sanxingdui Ruins Sacrifice Area
9 Shaanxi Baoji Zhouyuan Ruins
10 High-grade mound tombs in Qujiangxi Zhou, Zhejiang
11 Shanxi Yuanqu North White Goose Cemetery
12 Jiangxi Zhangshu Guozishan Warring States Tomb
13 Hubei Yunmeng Zhengjiahu Cemetery
14 Jiangcun Tomb in Xi'an, Shaanxi
15 Tuguhun royal tomb group in Wuwei Tang Dynasty, Gansu Province
16 Dangxiong Cemetery in Lhasa, Tibet
17 Xinjiang Yulikyak Kuduk Beacon Site
18 Hebei Zhengding Kaiyuan Temple South Ruins
19 Heilongjiang Acheng Jinshangjing Ruins
20 Anhui Fengyang Ming Zhongdu Ruins
Camphor Tree National Character Mountain Warring States Tomb
Poke the video to understand the overview of the tomb of Zhangshu Guozishan
Earlier, in The city of Zhangshu in Yichun, archaeologists discovered a high-grade tomb from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and the excavation of this tomb has been going on for more than four years.
The site of the Acropolis and the tomb of Guozishan
On the afternoon of December 25 last year, 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 archaeological excavation results of the Guozi Shanyue Royal Family Tomb in Zhangshu City, and announced it 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, 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.
Flat cross-sectional view of the tomb of Guozishan
Although the tomb was disturbed by early theft, more than 2,600 sets of utensils were unearthed in various chambers, including ceremonial utensils, musical instruments, weapons, carriages and horses, and daily utensils. Inside the tomb, there are also two bronze ge with inscriptions related to the "Yue King's Feng".
Unearthed copper ding
Copper lift beam cup
Two copper cups
Sergeuse
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.
Bu Shou Ge (halberd)
Jerry (戟)
The bronze dove staff sits in humanoid shape
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.
Instrument stand columns and instrument holders
Gilded bronze hilt
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".
Jade Dragon
Yu Feng
Jade Dragon Phoenix
Excavated ceramics
Source: Comprehensive CCTV News Client, People's Daily, Wenbo China, Jiangxi Release, Zhangshu City Museum
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