Tombs of ancient castles

Tombs of ancient castles

The Han Tombs in Gucheng Town, Yanggao County, Shanxi Province are located around the ancient castle 60 miles southeast of Yanggao County, including 25 Han Tombs on the East Bank of nanliyuangou river. There are 15 Han Tombs on both sides of the Strait, 8 northern Han Tombs in ancient castles and 10 Eastern Han Tombs in ancient castles. The tombs of the Han Dynasty are distributed in an area of 19 square kilometers with ancient towns as the center. The tombs in Xujiayao, jinjiawa, danjiayao and anjiazao are relatively concentrated. There are more than 60 existing buildings, with a height of about 4-6 meters and a perimeter of 30-50 meters. The preservation is basically complete. In September 1941, the Japanese, such as Yoshino Ono and Kiichi Mizuno, began to excavate the Han Tombs in the ancient city, and cleaned up six tombs twice. In 1943, a brief report was published on three of the tombs. The three tombs of the Han Dynasty are all wooden coffin tombs, with a passage and a patio. The patio is framed with square wood. Funerary objects are very rich, including bronze, pottery, lacquer, iron, bone and so on. There are five baht coins, silk cloth, belt hook, tomb Town, bronze mirror, linen cloth, boots, inkstone, Luo, ZA, seal, small chariot and horse model, etc. From the perspective of the shape of the tombs and the burial utensils, the ancient castle tombs should be the tombs of the early Western Han Dynasty.

Brief introduction of tombs

In May 1965, the Han tombs of Yanggao ancient castle were announced as the first batch of key cultural relics protection units in Shanxi Province. The protection area is divided into four areas: South of xiaxinzhuang village in the north, south of xianiangcheng village in the west, jinjiawa and danjiayao villages in the west, north of Zhaojia village in the south, anjiazao village in the East, and the boundary between Hebei and Shanxi Province in the East, covering an area of about 19 square kilometers. In June 2006, it was announced as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

geographical position

Gucheng Town, Yanggao County, Shanxi Province

details

Address: 30 kilometers southeast of Yanggao County, Datong City

Longitude: 113.98322348297

Latitude: 40.118228597778