#精品长文创作季#
The Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology announced on the 24th that archaeologists found a joint burial tomb of husband and wife in the late Spring and Autumn Period in Wenxi County, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, which provides important materials for the study of the history and culture of the Jin Kingdom during the two weeks.
A joint archaeological team composed of Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology, Yuncheng Cultural Relics Protection Center, and Wenxi County Culture and Tourism Bureau conducted archaeological excavations at the site of Shangguo City in Wenxi County. Among them, the two tombs of M4 and M5 are side by side, with a distance of 2 meters, which is a joint burial tomb for husband and wife.
▲M4 unearthed artifact combination
Bronze, pottery, jade, stone, bone tools, etc. were unearthed in M4, among which there are many ritual tools and chariot and horse tools. The burial utensils of M5 are nearly twice as many as those of M4, including bronze ritual vessels, chariot and horse vessels, bronze ge, etc. According to Tian Jianwen, the person in charge of the archaeological excavation project, considering that the etiquette had collapsed at that time, and the tripod system was no longer strict, the owner of the M5 tomb should be a doctor.
Historically, archaeologists have excavated the site of Shangguo City four times. In 1974, archaeologists cleared 24 tombs, and in 1989, 36 tombs were excavated, among which the M7 tomb unearthed the famous six-wheeled bronze carriage of the scavengers. The other two excavations took place in 2021 and 2022, and the four excavations can be divided into two weeks, the early Spring and Autumn Period, the late Spring and Autumn Period, and the early Warring States Period, which is of great significance for the study of the use and abandonment of the ancient city of Shangguo.
▲M5 excavated pottery assemblage
Tian Jianwen introduced, according to the historical materials and unearthed artifacts, the ruins of the ancient city of Shangguo show the "style" of a large "Duyi", so it is determined that the ancient city of Shangguo is "Guquwo", "Quwo Daiyi", Jin Xiangong annexed neighboring countries, "Liji Rebellion" and Jin Wengong opened up the hegemony of the Jin Kingdom for a century and a half, etc., are closely related to this, which plays a role in the history of Jin cultural research, self-evident.