For Y'all Data - Southern Vocal Dynasty Cemetery Discovered Inward Zhejiang

From Nov to Dec 2016 the Zhejiang Provincial Institute of cultural relics as well as Archaeology, together amongst the Archaeological Department of Keqiao District Cultural Development Center, discovered a large-scale as well as high-class cemetery of Southern Song Dynasty - the Lanruosi Cemetery. Between Feb to December, 2017, the archaeological squad officially began excavation, which determined the historic menses as well as distribution of the cemetery. The Lanruosi Cemetery is unopen to 12,000 foursquare metres inward expanse as well as dates to the belatedly Southern Song Dynasty, as well as was inward role no afterwards than the early on Yuan Dynasty period.

Aerial persuasion of the site [Credit: Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy]

The option of the cemetery’s place was determined the Fengshui Concept (known every bit Chinese geomancy) of the Southern Song Dynasty. It faced S as well as had at to the lowest degree 4 large platform steps. The cemetery followed the terrain: the eastern side was broad acre the western side was narrow. Some subsidiary buildings were located on the broad eastern side. The cemetery was divided into 2 sections: the first-stepped platform formed the 'Upper Zone'; as well as the mo to the quaternary stepped platforms comprised the 'Lower Zone'.

The Palace hall  [Credit: Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy]

The outset stepped platform comprised a subsidiary edifice surrounded past times rock walls, a tomb passage as well as gateways. The north-south orientated tomb passage was walled up, forming a closed region. The base of operations of the rock wall was good preserved, acre the buildings inside had almost completely collapsed.

Only 2 gateways were relatively well-preserved, i inward the southeast corner as well as unopen to other on the S end, every bit good every bit a paved rock expanse on the comer of the north-south orientated tomb passage means which was probable used for ritual ceremonies as well as likewise served every bit the residence of the tomb keepers of the Southern Song Dynasty Emperor’s Mausoleum.

The tomb during earthworks [Credit: Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy]

The mo to the 3rd stepped platforms of the 'Upper Zone' formed the building’s total zone. In this area, were constitute the south-north orientated tomb passage, multiple stepping stones, a stone-built wall, a side building, a palace hall (in the shape of grapheme “凸”), courtyard, sacrifice altar, as well as drainage system.

The palace gate on the mo platform led to the palace hall on the 3rd platform, a large edifice unopen to thirty metres broad comprising vii rooms, which is the largest unmarried edifice of the Southern Song Dynasty discovered to date.

Decorative edifice elements constitute inward Lanruosi [Credit: Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy]

The terrain betwixt the 3rd as well as quaternary platforms is steep as well as the cemetery expanse was thus designed every bit v small-scale platforms evenly spaced out, amongst an altar as well as tomb passage inward the middle of each. The quaternary platform was the primary business office of the enclosure, as well as consisted of worshipping altar, 4 watchtowers, the primary tomb bedroom as well as drainage system.

The layout is typical of a imperial cemetery, though it lacks the feature circular grave mounds. The primary bedroom housed dissimilar coffin pits, consisting of 2 east-west parallel rectangle chambers, the walls of which were built amongst bricks as well as stones, capped amongst large rock slabs. The tomb bedroom had been looted on several occasions during the Song as well as Yuan Dynasty periods.

Decorative edifice elements constitute inward Lanruosi [Credit: Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy]

The investigation likewise revealed the ruins of a temple close 150 metres away from the due east side of the cemetery.

The Lanruosi cemetery was built during the afterwards menses of South Song Dynasty as well as was solely half dozen kilometres away from Six Mausoleums of Song Dynasty, suggesting that it was intimately related amongst the imperial cemeteries.

Source: Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy [July 17, 2018]


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