The Jijiayuan cemetery is situated at Guanmenyan village of Junxian town, Danjiangkou city, Hubei province, where lots of Chu tombs and a horse-and-chariot burial pit were excavated in 1998--1999. The three tombs (M1-...The Jijiayuan cemetery is situated at Guanmenyan village of Junxian town, Danjiangkou city, Hubei province, where lots of Chu tombs and a horse-and-chariot burial pit were excavated in 1998--1999. The three tombs (M1--3) reported in the present paper are all rectangular earth shafts rather large in size, each having a wooden chamber and an east-pointing sloping tomb-passage. Arranged like the character “品”, they show a close connection between each other. The horse-and-chariot pit is also large-sized, contains seven chariots, and forms together with the three tombs a family burial ground. These burial pits yielded a number of pottery, bronze and jade articles; their vessels feature the ding(tripod)-dui (container with the body and cover in the same round shape)-pot combination, and are strongly similar to those from the Chu tombs of the mid and late Warring States period in the Jiangling area, so they must belong to this temporal scope. Their excavation provides new material to the study of the Chu culture in the Danjiang River valley.展开更多
The Liye city-site lies at Liye Town in Longshan County, Hunan Province, and goes back to the time from the mid Warring States period to the Western Han Dynasty. In April-November 2002, the Hunan Provincial Institute ...The Liye city-site lies at Liye Town in Longshan County, Hunan Province, and goes back to the time from the mid Warring States period to the Western Han Dynasty. In April-November 2002, the Hunan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and other institutions carried out there a large-scale excavation, which brought to light the rough layout of an ancient city and cultural deposits of different periods within the city. The No.1 well discovered in the city yielded over 36,000 slips and tablets inscribed with texts in more than 100,000 characters, mostly dated definitely. Being official documents in content, they involve many aspects of social life. This discovery made up a great shortage in historical source, and has important value to studying the history of the Qin Dynasty and ancient China's nationalities. In addition, the Liye pottery of the Warring States period to the Western Han offered a scale to the chronological study of archaeological cultures in this area.展开更多
In the Collection of Bronze Inscriptions of Yin-Zhou Period there is a bronze ding tripod,which can be named Heyang ding of the 24th year.Judged by the location and attribution of Heyang mentioned in its inscriptions,...In the Collection of Bronze Inscriptions of Yin-Zhou Period there is a bronze ding tripod,which can be named Heyang ding of the 24th year.Judged by the location and attribution of Heyang mentioned in its inscriptions,it must have been cast in the 24th year of Wei State Prince Hui’s Qianyuan reign (346 BC).The two inscriptions are both made in the Wei State,and the lid inscription is impossible to have been added after the ding transferred from the Wei to the Zhao State.This vessel can be taken as a standard bronze of the Wei State.展开更多
文摘The Jijiayuan cemetery is situated at Guanmenyan village of Junxian town, Danjiangkou city, Hubei province, where lots of Chu tombs and a horse-and-chariot burial pit were excavated in 1998--1999. The three tombs (M1--3) reported in the present paper are all rectangular earth shafts rather large in size, each having a wooden chamber and an east-pointing sloping tomb-passage. Arranged like the character “品”, they show a close connection between each other. The horse-and-chariot pit is also large-sized, contains seven chariots, and forms together with the three tombs a family burial ground. These burial pits yielded a number of pottery, bronze and jade articles; their vessels feature the ding(tripod)-dui (container with the body and cover in the same round shape)-pot combination, and are strongly similar to those from the Chu tombs of the mid and late Warring States period in the Jiangling area, so they must belong to this temporal scope. Their excavation provides new material to the study of the Chu culture in the Danjiang River valley.
文摘The Liye city-site lies at Liye Town in Longshan County, Hunan Province, and goes back to the time from the mid Warring States period to the Western Han Dynasty. In April-November 2002, the Hunan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and other institutions carried out there a large-scale excavation, which brought to light the rough layout of an ancient city and cultural deposits of different periods within the city. The No.1 well discovered in the city yielded over 36,000 slips and tablets inscribed with texts in more than 100,000 characters, mostly dated definitely. Being official documents in content, they involve many aspects of social life. This discovery made up a great shortage in historical source, and has important value to studying the history of the Qin Dynasty and ancient China's nationalities. In addition, the Liye pottery of the Warring States period to the Western Han offered a scale to the chronological study of archaeological cultures in this area.
文摘In the Collection of Bronze Inscriptions of Yin-Zhou Period there is a bronze ding tripod,which can be named Heyang ding of the 24th year.Judged by the location and attribution of Heyang mentioned in its inscriptions,it must have been cast in the 24th year of Wei State Prince Hui’s Qianyuan reign (346 BC).The two inscriptions are both made in the Wei State,and the lid inscription is impossible to have been added after the ding transferred from the Wei to the Zhao State.This vessel can be taken as a standard bronze of the Wei State.
