Beijing News (reporter Wang Chang) On a construction site near the Huitong Road subway station in Nanjing, archaeologists found an ancient tomb. The location of the ancient tomb is close to the stone carvings of the Chu Ning Mausoleum (Liu Yu was buried in the Chu Ning Mausoleum), and local residents speculate that the owner of the tomb may be Liu Yu, the Emperor wu of the Southern Song Dynasty.
On the 26th, the staff of the Archaeological Department of the Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism responded to the Beijing News reporter that the archaeological excavation of this cemetery has not yet been completed, "The nature of it (the cemetery) has not yet been determined." ”
The Chu Ning Ling stone carvings are now located in the Qilinpu community of Tangshan Street, and a pair of Shinto stone beasts are installed on both sides of the road. Source: Nanjing Institute of Cultural Heritage Protection WeChat public account
The ancient tomb is relatively close to the stone carvings of the Chu Ning Tomb
On January 25, local media in Nanjing reported that a Southern Dynasty tomb was found near Huitong Road in Nanjing, and although the tomb had not yet been excavated, some people speculated that the owner of the tomb might be Liu Yu, the Emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty.
According to the data, Liu Yu, nicknamed Ji Nu, was the founding monarch of the Southern Dynasty Liu Song Dynasty. In the third year of the Yongchu Dynasty (422), Liu Yu planned to conquer Northern Wei, but before he could leave school, he died of illness at the age of sixty. Gaozu (高祖) and Emperor Wu (谥号武) were buried in the Chu Ning Mausoleum.
Chu Ning Mausoleum is a joint burial tomb. According to the Book of Song, vol. 41, "Biography of The Later Concubines", the mausoleum also contains the palace of Empress Zang, who migrated from Dantu. But where is the Chu Ning Mausoleum? There has been no clear answer.
Mr. Zhu, a villager near Huitong Road, told the Beijing News that the construction site began construction last year, and it was dug until it was dug into his own fish pond, and then it was stopped. "At that time, it was said that the 'thing' (cultural relics) was dug up, and many villagers saw it and said that it might be related to Liu Yu."
Video from the scene shows that the location of the tomb is not surrounded by trees, and some branches are piled up on the yellow mud. The ground is painted with white lines, and there are some cavities, and cylindrical yellow mud is piled up next to the caves. Local media said that these probes are not large, deep and shallow, and there is a column of mud piled up next to them, which was left by previous exploration with Luoyang shovels.
Mr. Zhu mentioned that the reason why local villagers think that this ancient tomb may be Liu Yuzhi's tomb is because about two kilometers away from the cemetery, there is a pair of Qilin stone beasts, namely the "Chu Ning Ling Stone Carving", "this place has been protected for a long time." ”
According to the data, the "Chu Ning Ling Stone Carving" is in the Qilin Shop outside the Qilin Gate in Nanjing, in 1935, the Republic of China scholar Zhu Xizu published the "Investigation Report on the Tombs of the Six Dynasties", which mentioned the pair of Qilin and said that it was the Shinto stone carving of the Tomb of Liu Yu Chu Ning, the founding emperor of the Southern Dynasty Liu Song Dynasty. In 1988, when the Southern Dynasty stone carvings in Nanjing were upgraded to national key cultural relics protection units, the pair of qilins was designated as the "Chu Ning Ling Stone Carvings".
The East Beast in the "Chu Ning Ling Stone Carving". Source: Nanjing Institute of Cultural Heritage Protection WeChat public account
The owner of the tomb needs to be confirmed according to the epitaph and other materials
On the 26th, the Beijing News reporter interviewed the Archaeology Department of the Nanjing Culture and Tourism Bureau accordingly, and a staff member responded, "Now the archaeological excavation (work) is not over, so the nature of the ancient tomb has not yet been determined." ”
According to previous local media reports, the location of the ancient tomb is only more than 1 kilometer away from the Tomb of Xiao Hong, the King of Jing in The Southern Dynasty Liang Linchuan. Some experts said, "It may be from the Liu Song dynasty, or it may be from the Xiao family of the Liang Dynasty." Xiao Liang's mausoleum area is also in this area. ”
Yi Xibing, president of the Guangzhou Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, told the Beijing News that archaeologists generally judge the approximate age of the tomb through the structure, form, and utensils buried with the tomb. However, in order to identify the owner of the tomb, it is necessary to find first-hand materials such as epitaphs or seals privately engraved by the tomb owner in the tomb.
"Without an epitaph, we think it's hard to judge." Yi Xibing said that according to the literature and other contents, combined with the objects in the tomb, a comparative analysis can be carried out, "for example, like Liu Yu, there may be some literature records, if the comparison finds a relative coincidence, but it can only be said to be a preliminary inference, dare not say that like the epitaph, can be determined." ”
"If it is really Liu Yu's tomb, of course the value is very important, Liu Yu was the founding monarch of the Southern Dynasty." Yi Xibing said.
According to the Modern Express, this Southern Dynasty tomb has not yet entered the formal archaeological stage, and at present, it is following the relevant procedures in accordance with the provisions of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Cultural Relics. Among them, Article 27 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Cultural Relics stipulates that units engaged in archaeological excavations shall propose excavation plans for archaeological excavations for scientific research.
Edited by Zuo Yanyan
Proofread by Wu Xingfa
Source: Beijing News