The tomb of the Spring-and-Autumn Period at Jiwang Gu (Jiwang Mesa) is a stone shaft pit tomb with wooden chamber cut out of the rock on the top of the mesa;it consists of the grave,the passageway and the chariotand-horse pit,and the grave and the chariot-and-horse pit are in the same rock pit.The grave is partitioned into the outer coffin chamber,the inner coffin chamber,two nested coffins,two storage boxes and three human victim pits.From this tomb,large amounts of jades,bronzes and other artifacts about 200 pieces (or sets) in total were unearthed.This tomb has large scale,high rank,special structure and rich grave goods,all of which are significantly meaningful for the researches on the cultures and burial system of this region during the Eastern Zhou Period.
展开▼
