Museum of the Tomb of the King of Southern Yue in Western Han Dynasty
- Museum of the Tomb of the King of Southern Yue in Western Han Dynasty
The Museum of the Tomb of the King of Southern Yue in Western Han Dynasty is a museum in Guangzhou, southern China.
The tomb of King Wen was discovered in 1983, 20 meters under Elephant Hill in Guangzhou on a construction site for a hotel, and has been excavated. The tomb measures 10.85 meter in length and 12.43 meters in width. It is divided in 7 parts, with a front chamber, east and west wing rooms, the main coffin chamber, east and west side rooms, and a back storage chamber. The tomb has yielded more than 1000 burial artifacts, and a chariot, gold and silver vessels, musical instruments, and human sacrifices were found (15 courtiers were buried alive with him to serve him in death). It is also the only tomb of the early Western Han Dynasty that has murals on its walls.
The tomb also yielded the oldest imperial seal discovered in a Chinese tomb: the seal, with the name "Zhaomo", declared the royal corpse to be “Emperor Wen", indicating that he considered himself equal in rank to the Han ruler.
Alongside Chinese artifacts, pieces from the steppes, and Iranian and Hellenistic Central Asian regions have been found: a Persian silver box found in the tomb is the earliest imported product found to date in China.
The Western Han Nanyue King Tomb Museum, located in Jiefang road, stands on the site of the tomb of King Wen.
ee also
* Nanyue
* Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum in Hong Kong
External links
* [http://bestofguangzhou.com/culture/tourist/museum-of-the-western-han-dynasty/ Information about the museum (1)]
* [http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/guangdong/guangzhou/nanyue_king.htm Information about the museum (2)]
* [http://www.asiarooms.com/travel-guide/china/guangzhou/guangzhou-museums/western-han-nan-yue-king's-tomb-museum-in-guangzhou.html Information about the museum (3)]
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