What are the characteristics of Song Dynasty tombs~

The tomb is square, with a side length of 240 cm and a height of 127 cm. The ground is divided into three levels: there is a brick paved floor in the tomb passage, which is 6 cm higher than the tomb passage; then it is 6 cm higher and four square bricks are laid flat; and then it is 12 cm higher and square bricks are laid flat to form a coffin. bed. The four walls (except for the tomb door) are flat with staggered joints, and imitation wood semicircular columns are erected at the corners. The coffin bed is laid flat with 5 layers of patterned bricks all around, and the back wall is built with false doors and false windows. The false door is a double-leaf wooden door with imitation wood. The left leaf is carved with a half-profile maid standing leaning against the door, smiling with her mouth covered, wearing a bun in a ring, and a flower scarf wrapped around her head. The false window is composed of lattice and lattice, with partitions built in. The four corners are stacked 4.9 cm away from the cutting bed, and five layers are cut out to support the upper octagonal roof of the tomb. After the corners are layered, divide the four corners into eight corners and layer them 5 cm thick.

At the construction site of National Highway 212 in Luyanshan Village, Jincheng Town, Xichong County, construction workers discovered an ancient tomb during construction. The construction crew immediately contacted the management department of Xichong County Cultural Relics Bureau, and the excavation work began in an orderly manner.

The tomb doors of the tombs on both sides are engraved with lotus patterns, and the walls are engraved with animal patterns such as deer with fairy grass and leopards. At present, provincial cultural relics experts have entered the cemetery for exploration and initially determined that the cemetery is an ancient tomb from the Song Dynasty.

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Archaeological analysis

1. Before Shenzong, that is, before Chongning, the brick tombs of the Northern Song Dynasty in Heshui were basically the same as those of the five generations before Goumen in Jixian Township. The brick tomb is close, but the shape has been significantly improved, with imitation wood components, octagonal stacked four-bucket caissons and coupon-top caves, but there are still no patterned bricks.

2. During the Shenzong period of the Northern Song Dynasty, that is, the Chongning period, the brick tombs of the Northern Song Dynasty in Heshui had undergone significant changes. Patterned bricks, false doors, and false windows appeared. The structure was relatively complex, and the brick carving technology was becoming more and more perfect.

3. After Shenzong, that is, after the Chongning period, and before Emperor Huizong Zhenghe of the Song Dynasty, the brick tombs in Heshui in the Northern Song Dynasty became more complex. Not only did patterned bricks, false doors, false windows, and Xumizuo appear, wait.

4. During the Zhenghe period of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, a large number of painted brick tombs appeared. The art of brick carving further developed and the content became richer.

5. There are four or five human skeletons in the brick chamber tombs of the Song Dynasty, placed on the coffin bed. It shows that the tombs of this period were joint burials of a family (Kou Zhengqin).

Reference sources

Baidu Encyclopedia - Song Dynasty Tombs

Baidu Encyclopedia - Research on Song Dynasty Tombs in the South