The Meng family cemetery of the Northern Song Dynasty was discovered in Xi'an. What was the significance of this place in ancient times?
Xi'an, known as Chang'an and Haojing in ancient times, is one of the four ancient capitals in China. Xi'an has a history of more than 5,000 years of civilization, more than 3,100 years of city construction, and more than 1,100 years of capital establishment. It is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization and the Chinese nation. It can be said that if you dig underground in Xi'an, you may find cultural relics. Therefore, Xi'an archaeological experts are the most tired and happiest. They may be able to excavate ancient tombs and discover cultural relics with historical value.
Recently, the Shaanxi Provincial Archaeological Research Institute revealed that archaeologists have excavated five tombs from the late Northern Song Dynasty. The tombs are located in the south of Duhui Village, Guodu Street, Chang'an District, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, on the southern edge of Gaoyangyuan, and On the west bank of the river, overlooking Chang'an to the north and the Qinling Mountains to the south, leaning against mountains and rivers, is the ancient tomb area of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, also known as the "Duhui Cemetery". From the contents of the epitaphs, it can be known that the owners of these five tombs all come from the Meng family in the late Northern Song Dynasty. The owners of the tombs are Meng Fu, his wife Zhang Jiuniang, and their sons Meng Gui and Meng Cong. The tomb owners are all under the age of 30.
The tombs of the Meng family were all buried in the fifth year of Xuanhe. The four epitaphs unearthed from the cemetery were all modified with stone burial tools from the Tang Dynasty, which also reflects the serious tomb robbing during the Northern Song Dynasty. In addition, funerary objects such as Jingdezhen blue-and-white glazed porcelain, bronze mirrors, gemstones, and exquisite stationery items such as stone inkstones and ink ingots were also unearthed from the tombs, showing the elegant side of the lower-class literati of the Northern Song Dynasty. The four epitaphs record that the burial place is "Xin Tomb of Duhui Village", which provides direct information for tracing the evolution of Duhui Village.
After excavations by archaeological experts, it was confirmed that the two tombs in the north row had been stolen, and the cultural relics inside had been stolen; the three tombs in the south row had not been stolen, and were relatively well preserved, with rich burial objects, and many tombs were unearthed. Yaozhou kiln celadon porcelain is mostly used for daily use and sacrificial ritual vessels. Among them, two complete Suan Ni button-covered smokers are astonishing. Yaozhou kiln celadon is the representative of northern celadon. In ancient times, it was known as "Longquan in the south and Yaozhou in the north." The kiln occupied an extremely important position in the development history of ceramics in the middle and ancient times. Yaozhou kiln had an important influence on many porcelain kilns at that time and was of great significance. High collection value.