Jing Xian Ling tomb ten years to track
After two months of digging, ten hills a dusty street Qinglongcun large underground tomb brought to light, after a preliminary research, the tomb belongs to "the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms" period of the large brick tomb, dating back over a thousand years of history (in Chengdu Business Daily has reported.) Millennium tomb owner who is? Yesterday, the relevant archaeological speculate that the tomb owner might be the founding emperor of Former Shu Wang's son. However, the speculation has yet to be verified following the excavation work.
Yesterday, Chengdu floating light rain, tomb excavation report the time being stopped. Fangquan Ming, director of the Longquan paper tube, said as early as four years ago, because someone Tomb, the tomb at the Department of Archaeology has been found. Later, archaeologists found a different direction in Muding 4 Dao Dong. It has been seen at that time go, but did not know the scale of such a large tomb. The current investigation results, the tomb ramps nearly 30 meters long, the tomb is about 18 meters in length and width are, cross-vaulted tombs belonging to the cross. Although the tomb appeared Daodong top, but in Dao Dong before the onset of the collapse of the tomb had been filled with earth.
"Former Shu emperors tomb owner might be the son of Wang." Yesterday, Fangquan Ming told the Chengdu Business Daily reporters, according to the scale tombs, archaeological region, and his years of experience, he speculated that the tomb may be the son of Former Shu emperors tomb of Wang Jian . But so far, tombs excavated soil is still in the stage of cleaning up outside, archaeologists did not find tombstone or epitaph, and other related artifacts to clear evidence of the exact identity of the tomb owner. Anticipated Chinese New Year around the excavation work will be basically the end of the tomb owner's identity of the last bottom possible.
Coincidentally, at about 1.5 km away from the tomb within, there is an adopted son of Wang, Kan Wang burial. 90's of last century, archaeologists in the original location of ten brick tomb unearthed Wang Wei Wang Wangzong adopted son of the couple's joint burial McCain. Information, the tomb is "Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms" period of the couple buried the large brick tomb. Plane symmetric double burial "convex" shape in the middle of a hallway connected to pass. Things tomb shape the same size, long and 9 meters wide and 4.4 meters; the whole thing a total length of the tomb of 22.6 meters wide and 10.35 meters north and south. Fangquan Ming said the excavation of the tombs, and Kan Wang, joint burial pattern is similar to married couples, the scale is even greater. Source: Sichuan News Network