Ancient tombs in Donggou, Ji'an

Ji'an Donggou ancient tombs are located in Ji'an County, Jilin Province. Because of the Laoling mountains running through the whole area from northeast to southwest, the rivers are crisscross, and the scenery is pleasant, they are known as "little Jiangnan" in Northeast China. At the same time, it is also a key protected scenic spot in Jilin Province. Donggou ancient tombs are distributed in the Donggou plain area surrounded by mountains. There are more than 10000 tombs left over from the 700 years since the founding of the Republic of Koguryo. There are 7160 tombs in good condition. These ancient tombs are widely distributed, stretching for tens of miles. In addition, there are many kinds of tombs with profound connotation. They are worthy of the top of the ancient tombs in China's ethnic minority areas. Donggou ancient tombs can be divided into stone tombs and earth tombs. The stone tombs include Jishi tomb, Fangtan Jishi tomb, Fangtan ladder Jishi tomb and Fangtan ladder Jishi tomb. Among them, more than 1700 Jishi tombs have been preserved, accounting for about a quarter of the whole ancient tombs. The most magnificent tombs in the whole group are the royal tombs in Koguryo and the tombs of Xianchen in the middle of the 4th century. They are all stepped stone tombs in Fangtan. There are 400 existing tombs. Qianqiu tomb is one of the most important stone tombs. It is 85 meters long and 15 meters high. It covers an area of about 10 mu. Although the stone tomb has collapsed, there are still many fragments of bricks, such as "eternal forever". This tomb is the largest royal mausoleum in Koguryo. In addition, the tomb of general is the best preserved stone tomb in the ancient tombs. It is also a model of ancient Koguryo stone architecture, which is well constructed and known as the "Oriental pyramid". The area of the bottom of the tomb is 960 square meters, and the height of the tomb is 12.5 meters. It is made of more than 1100 huge granite blocks. Among them, only the smallest grave protecting stone weighs 15 tons. According to the expert's determination, these stones were all collected from the Lushui bridge in laolingshan, 40 miles away. How such heavy stone transportation was completed in ancient times is still a mystery. After the 5th century A.D., the stone tombs with huge buildings, which cost money and hurt people, were gradually replaced by exquisite earth tombs. Koguryo people always have the custom of thick burial, so there are a lot of ancient cultural relics in these ancient tombs. Thousands of valuable burial relics have been excavated. In addition, in addition to the ancient tombs in Donggou, many cultural relics left by the remains of the Koguryo state, such as Guanma mountain city, Marudu mountain city, badeng mountain city, etc., are all treasures for the study of history and culture.

Ancient tombs in Donggou, Ji'an

Ji'an Donggou ancient tombs are located in Ji'an County, Jilin Province. Because of the Laoling mountains running through the whole area from northeast to southwest, the rivers are crisscross, and the scenery is pleasant, they are known as "little Jiangnan" in Northeast China. At the same time, it is also a key protected scenic spot in Jilin Province. Donggou ancient tombs are distributed in the Donggou plain area surrounded by mountains. There are more than 10000 tombs left over from the 700 years since the founding of the Republic of Koguryo. There are 7160 tombs in good condition. These ancient tombs are widely distributed and stretch for tens of miles. In addition, there are many kinds of tombs with profound connotation. They are the most ancient tombs in China's ethnic minority areas.

Introduction to scenic spots

Donggou ancient tombs are located outside Ji'an City, on the south slope of Yushan Mountain, near Yalu River in the south. There are tens of thousands of ancient tombs in this strip plain, most of which are from the Koguryo period, and a few from the Bohai State period. Koguryo people always have the custom of thick burial, especially those princes and nobles. In 1962, 11280 ancient tombs were preliminarily identified. In 1983, due to archaeological excavation and damage during the "Cultural Revolution", there are 7160 tombs in good condition. In order to facilitate protection and management, they are divided into six tomb areas: xiajiefang, Yushan, shanchengxia, wanbaoting, qixingshan and Maxian. According to the materials and methods of tomb construction, it can be divided into stone tomb and earth tomb. There are several kinds of stone tombs, including Jishi tomb, Fangtan Jishi tomb, Fangtan stepped Jishi tomb, Fangtan stepped stone chamber tomb, and stone sealed cave tomb. Among the earth tombs, there are earth sealed stone chamber tomb, earth rock mixture sealed stone chamber tomb, stone built terrace earth sealed tomb, stone built Fangtan stepped earth sealed tomb, and earth sealed cave tomb. They represent the characteristics of the tombs of different periods and different identities in Koguryo. As an important ancient cultural heritage, Donggou ancient tombs were known to the world as early as the Ming and Qing Dynasties. During the reign of Emperor Guangxu of Qing Dynasty, the stele and rubbings of Haotaiwang were handed down and attracted the attention of scholars at home and abroad. In the 1930s, some Japanese scholars recorded and mapped a few tombs in the Donggou group, and published a number of reports and works. Donggou ancient tomb group has a wide range, many types, large number and rich connotation, which can be called the top of the ancient tomb group of ethnic minorities in northern China.

Classification of ancient tombs

Donggou ancient tombs can be divided into stone tombs and earth tombs. The stone tombs include Jishi tomb, Fangtan Jishi tomb, Fangtan ladder Jishi tomb and Fangtan ladder Jishi tomb. Among them, Jishi

More than 1700 tombs have been preserved, accounting for about a quarter of the total. The most magnificent tombs in the whole group are the royal tombs in Koguryo and the tombs of Xianchen in the middle of the 4th century. They are all stepped stone tombs in Fangtan. There are 400 existing tombs. Qianqiu tomb is one of the most important stone tombs. It is 85 meters long and 15 meters high. It covers an area of about 10 mu. Although the stone tomb has collapsed, there are still many fragments of bricks, such as "eternal forever". This tomb is the largest royal mausoleum in Koguryo. In addition, the tomb of general is the best preserved stone tomb in the ancient tombs. It is also a model of ancient Koguryo stone architecture, which is well constructed and known as the "Oriental pyramid". The area of the bottom of the tomb is 960 square meters, and the height of the tomb is 12.5 meters. It is made of more than 1100 huge granite blocks. Among them, only the smallest grave protecting stone weighs 15 tons. According to the expert's determination, these stones were all collected from the Lushui bridge in laolingshan, 40 miles away. How such heavy stone transportation was completed in ancient times is still a mystery.

Representative tomb

Donggou ancient tombs are distributed in the Donggou plain area surrounded by mountains, stretching for tens of miles, with a wide range, many kinds of tombs and profound connotation, which is the top of ancient tombs in China's ethnic minority areas. The most magnificent tombs in the whole group are the royal tombs in Koguryo and the tombs of Xianchen in the middle of the 4th century. They are all stepped stone tombs in Fangtan. There are 400 existing tombs. After the 5th century A.D., the stone tombs with huge buildings, which cost money and hurt people, were gradually replaced by exquisite earth tombs. Koguryo people always have the custom of thick burial, so there are a lot of ancient cultural relics in these ancient tombs.

Thousands of valuable burial relics have been excavated, among which the representative tombs are:

Qianqiu tomb

Qianqiu tomb is 85 meters long and 15 meters high, covering an area of about 10 mu. Although it has collapsed, there are still many fragments of bricks on the stone tombs, such as "long live forever". This tomb is the largest mausoleum in Koguryo.

General's tomb

It is one of the best preserved stone tombs in the ancient tombs. It is a model of ancient Koguryo stone architecture. The bottom area of the tomb is 960 square meters, and the height of the tomb is 12.5 meters. It is made of more than 1100 huge granite stones. The smallest grave protecting stones weigh 15 tons. According to the determination of experts, these stones were all collected from the Lushui bridge in laolingshan, 40 miles away. How such heavy stone transportation was completed in ancient times is still a mystery.

Gwanggaeto Stele

It's the tombstone of the 19th king of Koguryo, King Heian Haotai. During the reign of King Haotai, the political, economic and military power of Koguryo developed unprecedentedly. In order to expand the ruling area, he continued to fight, and after his death, he became "the great king of peace in the country.". To commemorate his father's achievements, his son, King Changshou, built this huge monument 200 meters to the east of Haotai mausoleum in the 10th year of Yixi reign, which has been standing for 1570 years. Haotaiwang stele is made of a whole piece of natural breccia tuff. It is slightly square and columnar in shape, and its inscription is official script of Chinese characters. The stele is 6.39 meters high and 1.34-2.00 meters wide. It is surrounded by inscriptions. There are 44 lines of inscriptions and 1775 words in total. At present, there are about 1590 words left.

Noble tomb

Jiaodi, Wuyang, mangao, wangzi, Huanwen, ramou, sanlianhua, Changchuan 2, Changchuan 4, Changchuan 1, Yushan 3319, wukufen 1, wukufen 2, wukufen 3, wukufen 4, wukufen 5, Sishen, Yushan 2112, sikufen 1, sikufen 2, sikufen 3, sikufen 4 No. tomb, brother tomb, brother tomb, folding courtyard tomb, tortoise shell tomb. There are 26 in total.

Domestic city is one of the few plain city sites with stone walls preserved on the surface.

The layout of Marudu mountain city perfectly realizes the integration of natural features and human creation. Through the domestic city and Marudu mountain city, we can witness the brilliant civilization created by Koguryo.

The origin of the name

There is still such a controversy about the origin of the name of the Donggou ancient tombs. In fact, it is called Tonggou plain. There is a plain alluvial by Tonggou River, and most of the tombs are distributed on the plain alluvial by this river. It is still a matter of right to name Tonggou. But why is it called Donggou? It is because the Japanese "cultural robber" Nakai, who was the first to come to Ji'an and did archaeological research on the ruins of Koguryo, did not pronounce "Tong" accurately and read "Tong" as "Dong" and wrote "Donggou" in his research materials, so the name of Donggou ancient tomb has been extended

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