Museum of the mausoleum of Emperor Qin of the Tang Dynasty

Museum of the mausoleum of Emperor Qin of the Tang Dynasty

The Tang Dynasty Qin Mausoleum Museum is a key cultural relic protection unit in Shaanxi Province. It is located at the top of Beipo Park in Baoji City, Shaanxi Province, only 2.5km away from Shizhong District. It is a museum for social forces to invest in the protection, development and utilization of cultural relics and the development of historical and cultural tourism. The site of the museum is located in Lingyuan village, Lingyuan Township, Jintai District, Baoji City. It was originally called Beiyuan. Until the tomb of Qin King Li Maozhen and his ancestral tomb were built here, people gradually called it Lingyuan, which is still in use today.

Covering an area of more than 40000 square meters, the Museum of the mausoleum of the king of Qin in the great Tang Dynasty is a special museum that displays the joint burial Mausoleum of Li Maozhen (856-924 A.D.) and his wife Liu (876-943 A.D.), which is about 1100 years old.

Development history

Qin mausoleum was built in 907 AD and has a history of 1100 years. It is a joint burial Mausoleum of Qin King Li Maozhen (856-924 AD) and his wife, Mrs. Xiande Tai Liu (876-943 AD) in the late Tang Dynasty and Five Dynasties, covering an area of 130000 square meters. It used to be a key cultural relic protection unit in Baoji County (now it is changed to Chencang District of Baoji City), known as "Tomb of Li Maozhen" or "Tomb of king Qi". In September 2003, it was listed as a key cultural relic protection unit in Shaanxi Province. Because the tomb was once stolen and excavated, and after thousands of years of rain erosion, the safety of cultural relics was seriously threatened. In order to rescue and protect the national cultural relics, in line with the principle of rescue and protection, rescue excavation began in July 1998. In April 2003, the museum was built on the basis of the original site and officially opened to the public. Now it is invested and operated by Baoji Qinyuan oil company, which belongs to Baoji Cultural Relics Bureau.

architectural composition

The architectural design of the mausoleum of Emperor Qin of the Tang Dynasty adopts the unique ancient architectural style of the Tang Dynasty, which is composed of Mountain Gate, Shinto, offering hall, sacrificial hall and two underground palaces. On the 150 meter long Shinto, there are 15 groups of 34 stone carvings of the Tang Dynasty displayed according to the emperor's Royal Guard of honor. Among the two underground palaces, which are 120 meters long and 80 meters long respectively, there are 8 meters high and 4 meters wide, which are carved with green bricks and imitation wood. It is the only ancient building with brick eaves in China, which is rare in the world. It has fine workmanship and vivid figures. There are octagonal domes with blue brick walls and coupons, 18 vivid pictures of musicians on both sides of the tomb path, precious figurines of Hu people and horses in the Tang Dynasty, and exquisite brick carvings of "Zodiac", "eight people carrying a sedan chair", "two people carrying a sedan chair", "Han people leading a horse" and "Hu people leading a camel". There are spoon shaped "sky map on the ground" formed by picking up the blue bricks according to the position of the Big Dipper; there are Egyptian "pyramid" type human face beast body tomb beast; there are mysterious Millennium stone letters. It is of great ornamental and research value and is extremely rare in the mausoleum of the Tang Dynasty.

Collection

Remains of the site

As the first open Mausoleum Museum of the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties in Shaanxi Province, the great Tang Dynasty Mausoleum Museum of the Qin Dynasty has the following main sites and remains:

Shinto stone sculpture group: located in the north of the gate of the Qin mausoleum, Shinto is 112 meters long and 10 meters wide. Two Huabiao statues and 15 groups of 34 stone statues are placed symmetrically on both sides. From south to north, they are tiger, pack horse, riding horse, horse control officer, pig, dog, sheep, ox, monkey, and six civil and military official statues on both sides. The underground palace of Qin King Li Maozhen: located in the east of the palace of Qin king, it is 120 meters long and 20 meters deep from the surface of the earth. The whole underground palace was built in accordance with the courtyard structure, in which a combination of brick carving and murals was used to show the activities of the figures in the whole palace. There were 224 mural figures, with a strong flavor of life. In particular, the epitaphs in the underground palace are inscribed with four gods: Suzaku, Xuanwu, Qinglong and Baihu. There are 1123 characters on the front of the platform, but none on the top of the epitaph. Is this following the example of Wu Zetian's wordless stele in the Qianling mausoleum, or does it have another profound meaning, leaving an unsolved mystery for future generations forever.

Liu's underground palace: located in the west side of the palace of the king of Qin, it is 80 meters long and 18 meters deep from the earth's surface. It is a double chamber structure with flat steps and deep stairs. It is composed of four parts: Tomb passage, tomb chamber, corridor and back room. This kind of double chamber structure is a great innovation in the shape of tombs in the late Tang and Five Dynasties. The end building in the underground palace, 8 meters high and 4 meters wide, is made of green brick and imitation wood. This end building is well preserved and magnificent. It is unique in China and rare in the world.

Surface sky map: the "sky map" on the ground above the underground palace of Madame Li Maozhen is wide in the north and narrow in the south, in a rectangular shape. It is similar to the shape of a coffin, and is hollowed out from the paved green bricks in the shape of a big dipper, with the dipper handle facing north, and each green brick has a handprint or animal paw mark. This peculiar phenomenon also left an unsolved mystery for later generations. The discovery of the astronomical map filled the blank of the mausoleum construction in the late Tang and Five Dynasties.

Display of cultural relics

In addition, the museum also has unearthed terracotta figures of Hu people and horses, three color pottery terracotta figures of horses, and 360 valuable folk cultural relics such as stone horse trough, gate lion, tied horse post, doorshaft and footstone collected from the society for compensation. The main exhibition of the museum is Li Maozhen's life exhibition. It was officially displayed in May 2006. In the form of pictures and texts, the exhibition reflects Li Maozhen's life from birth to Hong from different aspects. On the stone exhibition stand on the west side of the cemetery, there are also concentrated displays of the remaining Huabiao, Jingchuang, lotus seat, heavenly king seat, stone rammer, stone tablet seat, remaining stone horse and stone man from Li Maozhen and his wife's Shinto and tomb.

Visit information

The annual number of visitors is more than 100000.

Address: Jintai District, Baoji City

Longitude: 107.13999938965

Latitude: 34.400001525879

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