Tomb of the king of Jibei

The tomb of King Jibei of Han Dynasty

synonym

The tomb of the king of Jibei generally refers to the tomb of the king of Jibei in Han Dynasty

The tomb of Jibei king of Han Dynasty is located in Shuangrushan village, guide town, Changqing District, Jinan City, Shandong Province,

15 kilometers away from Changqing County, it is the tomb of the princes of the Western Han Dynasty. In a broad sense, the tombs include Shuangrushan Han tombs, fulushan Han tombs and Dongxin Han tombs.

The owner of the Han tomb in Shuangrushan is Liu Kuan, the last king of Jibei state.

The tomb of the northern king of the Han Dynasty was built in the fourth year of the Western Han Dynasty (97 BC). The largest Han tomb in Shuangrushan is located in Shuangrushan village, guide town, Changqing District, Jinan City. The Han Tombs in Shuangrushan were built on the mountain and drilled into caves. Tomb No. 1 faces north in the south, with a two-story platform in the chamber and passage. Fulushan Han tomb is located about 1 km northeast of Shuangrushan Han tomb.

From the end of 1995, the rescue excavation of the king's tomb in Jibei of the Han Dynasty began. More than 2400 pieces of bronze, jade, chariot and horse utensils were unearthed from the tomb. The scale is huge, and the whole tomb has not been excavated. The coffin has not been disturbed, and the location is clear. It provides rich and accurate information and basis for a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the coffin system, which is also rare in the excavated rock tombs of the past dynasties in China.

The discovery of the tomb of the king of Jibei in the Han Dynasty has been rated as one of the "top ten archaeological discoveries in China in 1996".

Historical evolution

Liu Kuan ascended the throne in the fourth year of the Tianhan Dynasty (97 BC). He was in office for 11 years. In 87 BC, he committed adultery with the queen and concubine of his father Liu Hu (posthumous title of King Shi), violated human relations, and cursed Emperor Wu by offering sacrifices to his ancestors. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty wanted to take him to the capital for questioning. Liu Kuan committed suicide after hearing the news. Later, Jibei kingdom was abolished and changed to Bei'an County, which belongs to Taishui county.

Although the construction of the king's tomb in Jibei took 11 years, the final project was not completed, including the tomb passage, drainage system, etc., and the tomb gate was temporarily built with stones. Because Liu Kuan committed suicide in order to get the crime, his tomb did not use the popular Huangchang inscription of the royal family, and there was a lack of jade clothes and seals in the funerary objects, and jade articles were rarely used.

Architectural form

Han Tombs in Shuangrushan

The king's tomb and Queen's tomb in Jibei are located in the mountains, and occupy the eastern and Western Hills respectively. Hence the name "Shuangrushan Han tomb".

Shuangrushan Han tombs are located at the top of the mountain. The mausoleum is located near the mountain. Tomb No. 1 faces south and North. The chamber and passage of the tomb are equipped with two platforms, shallow outside and deep inside, large outside and small inside, in the shape of "a". The total length of the passage is 60 meters, the deepest is 18 meters, with an area of 840 square meters. The bottom is a slope with high in the north and low in the south. The total area of the chamber is 607.5 square meters, with a total depth of 22 meters.

The shape and structure of the two tombs are basically the same. The main chambers of the two tombs are vertical caves and rock pits excavated on the top of the mountain, with a sloping passage in the shape of "a", but the scale of the Queen's tomb is slightly smaller. The tombs of the king of Jibei are located in the south to the north. There are two terraces in both the chamber and the passage, forming a pattern of shallow outside and deep inside, large outside and small inside. There is a slope at the bottom, which is high in the north and low in the south. The total depth of the chamber is about 22 meters.

Main features

Han Tombs in Fulu mountain

Fulushan Han tombs are located about 1 km northeast of Shuangrushan Han tombs. There are two tombs on the top of the mountain, with a height of 13 meters and an area of 12000 square meters.

 

Dongxin Han Tomb

Dongxin Han tomb is located in Dongxin village, one kilometer northwest of Shuangrushan Han tomb. The remaining sealed soil is square, covering an area of about 2500 square meters.

 

More than 2000 funerary objects, including bronze, jade, iron, lacquerware, pottery, coins, chariots and horses, livestock and poultry, were unearthed from the king's tomb in Jibei,

 

Among them, the jade cover and pillow are exquisite. The jade cover is composed of forehead, Yi, cheek, jaw and ear. The jade pillow is composed of nine pieces of jade, three pieces of jade board, two pieces of jade tiger headdress and bamboo board. The shape and structure of tomb No. 2 is basically the same as that of tomb No. 1, and the scale is slightly smaller.

Academic value

As the only royal tomb of the Han Dynasty that has not been excavated in Shandong Province since 1949, the Royal Tomb of Jibei has high academic value for the study of the Han Dynasty mausoleum system and the history of prefectures.

 

Address: 15 kilometers southwest of Changqing District, Jinan City

Longitude: 116.65323470546

Latitude: 36.44810088078

Ticket information: market price: 20.0 yuan

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