Aerial panoramic view of BalingLing District.
"Every year the willow color, the baling hurt farewell." —— The tomb of the Han Dynasty Emperor Mentioned by the famous Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai in "Remembrance of Qin'e", its real location was officially identified by Shaanxi archaeologists as the Jiangcun Tomb at the western end of Bailuyuan on December 14, rather than the "Phoenix Mouth" that had been misrepresented for a thousand years. At the same time, the archaeological excavation work that lasted for many years has published a large number of precious cultural relics and research results, which has also played a great role in promoting the archaeological research work of the Qin and Han Emperors.
Some of the painted clothed pottery figurines excavated from the Gangchon Tomb.
Gold ornaments with a steppe style unearthed from Nanling.
The archaeological work of Jiangcun Tomb has continued since 2017, and the exploration and discovery of the "Stone Boundary" of Jiangcun Tomb, the outer cemetery wall of Jiangcun Tomb and Empress Dou Mausoleum, as well as architectural sites, pottery kilns and other supporting buildings of the imperial tombs; excavated the Jiangcun North Pottery Kiln Site, jiangcun Tomb Outer Hidden Pit, Nanling (Han Wen Emperor's mother Empress Bo's tomb), Lijia Village Han Tomb, etc., unearthed more than 1,000 pieces of various types of pottery figurines, gold, silver, copper, iron, pottery cultural relics more than 3,000 pieces, In particular, many gold and silver ware with grassland style have been unearthed from the Outer Tibetan Pit of Nanling, which embodies the cultural exchange and integration of agriculture and animal husbandry in the pre-Qin and Han dynasties, and witnesses the historical development trend of Chinese civilization from "pluralism" to "integration".
Located in the mouth of the Phoenix in Bailuyuan, the long-mistaken tomb of the Han Emperor.
According to historical records, before his death, Emperor Wen of Han gave an account of his own aftermath, that is, the so-called "Baling Mountains and Rivers have not changed because of their reasons... Burial Tombs. Because there was no tall fiefdom, in the following two thousand years, because of the deviation in the understanding of the text "mountains and rivers have not changed because of their reasons", the high cliff phoenix mouth two kilometers away from the Jiangcun Tomb was mistakenly believed to be the location of the Baling Tomb, which also made the long-term study of the Qin and Han Emperor Mausoleums mistakenly believed to be a cliff tomb built on the mountain. With the official determination of the Jiangcun Tomb as the Tomb of the Han Dynasty Emperor, it not only updated the academic understanding of the Tomb, but also made the specific location of the eleven imperial tombs of the Western Han Dynasty fully confirmed.
Seals excavated from the Gangchon Tomb.
In addition, the archaeological excavations of the Jiangcun Tombs, which lasted for many years, made the scale, shape, layout and connotation of the Western Han Emperor's Tombs, including the Tombs of the Han Emperor, basically grasped by archaeologists - archaeological results show that the tombs of jiangcun tombs, such as the vertical cave of the Jiangcun Tombs, the double cemetery, the center of the imperial tombs, and the distribution of a number of outer hidden pits of symbolic official offices around the imperial tombs, are basically consistent with the regulations of the imperial tombs in the Qin and Han Dynasties, indicating the establishment of the political concept of the Western Han Empire with the emperor's exclusive dignity and centralized power. In addition, the replacement of the tall courtyard wall by the "stone boundary" is also consistent with Emperor Wen's political concept of advocating frugality, reflecting the development and change of the political ideology and ideology of the Western Han Empire. The excavation of seals, sealed mud and other cultural relics with characters also confirms the construction concept of "mausoleum Ruoduyi" and imperial tomb "imitating the real Western Han Empire" in the Western Han Dynasty... The archaeological excavation of Jiangcun Tomb has provided detailed archaeological data for the study of the formation and development and evolution of the Imperial Tomb System in the Western Han Dynasty, and laid the foundation for the in-depth study of the Imperial Tomb System in ancient China.
Source: Western Net