Wang Hui's sarcophagus

Wang Hui's sarcophagus

Wang Hui Sarcophagus, the sarcophagus and stone carvings of Wang Hui, a cultural relic protection unit of Sichuan Province, is located on the west side of Feibao highway, Xianfeng village, Modong Town, Lushan County, Sichuan Province. It is 1km away from Luyang town of Lushan County in the north, 32km away from Ya'an in the south, and 182km away from Chengdu in the Northeast (via Ya'an). It is 1.5km northward along Feibao highway from fanminque and stone carvings, the national key cultural relics protection unit. The sarcophagus is Wang Hui's tomb in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It was built in 211, the 16th year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

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Wang Hui's tomb was originally a brick room tomb with a voucher arch. It was stolen in the early years. The earth seal on the tomb and the arch of the brick room have been destroyed into farmland. The sarcophagus cover is exposed. It is said that it is the tomb of fan minhu's wife. It has attracted the attention of Liu Dunzhen, Wang Yunfan and other famous scholars who have studied in rulailu. In 1942, Ren Naiqiang, a famous scholar who was then the director of the general Records Bureau of Xikang Province, presided over the excavation for the need of collecting local historical materials with the support of Liu Wenhui, chairman of the province, and Zhang Zong, head of Lushan County. In front of the coffin, there were pottery figurines, pottery pigeons, pottery bowls and other common burial objects in brick tombs of the Eastern Han Dynasty, with incomplete inscriptions such as "dajunjia" and "Yangxiang" on the bricks.

Sarcophagus carving

The sarcophagus is majestic in shape. The sarcophagus body and lid are respectively made of a whole piece of red sandstone, with a total length of 2.5 meters, a width of 1.01 meters and a height of 0.83 meters. Five images were carved on the head and four walls with high relief technology. The front door is carved with double doors, and the left door is tightly closed. On the door is engraved with 35 characters of Han Li epitaph. "So Wang Hui Bozhao died in late September at the age of Jian'an shi6, and was buried in Jiaxu in June of shi7. Cry, alas (there was no punctuation); the right door was half closed, and a fairy boy with a swinging gait, a fluttering belt and a shin on his leg (or scales) was carved in the crack of the door to greet him. On the cover of the door, the image of Taotao with ring is carved for the first time, and six ditches with arc bottom are carved on the cover. Qiulong with dorsal fins and abdominal scales, a tiger head dragon body carved on the right wall, double warped shoulders, and a tiger with links and abdominal scales. The two animals both bend their bodies and raise their claws to make a flying appearance; later, they engrave a snake around the turtle's body, two tails intersect, and two Xuanwu images of wanting to kiss.

Address: Xianfeng village, Modong town (west side of Feibao highway)

Longitude: 102.928124

Latitude: 30.138929