Chongqing, December 5th (Xinhua) - According to the Chongqing Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology on December 5th, the institute recently discovered a well preserved and rare Western Han tomb with a clear chronological record in Wulong District, Chongqing - Guankou Western Han Tomb No. 1. According to the introduction, with the approval of the National Cutural Heritage Administration, from March 2023 to now, Chongqing Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology has started the protection of cultural relics of the Baima Navigation Power Junction Project, and carried out archaeological excavation of 17 underground cultural relics within the project scope. Among them, the first tomb of the Western Han Dynasty at Guankou has the most important harvest. At present, more than 600 precious cultural relics, such as lacquer ware, wood ware, bamboo ware, pottery, bronze ware, have been unearthed. It is worth mentioning that the "Gan Zhi Mu Du" unearthed in this archaeological excavation is the first discovery in the country. The picture shows the survey work carried out by the staff of Chongqing Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute. The No.1 Tomb of the Western Han Dynasty at Guankou, provided by the Chongqing Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, is located in the hinterland of the Wujiang River in Jiangkou Town, Wulong District. It is situated between the first and second level terraces on the right bank of the Wujiang River. It is a rectangular vertical pit wooden coffin tomb, with a length of 6.50 meters, a width of 4.25-4.30 meters, and a depth of 4.13-4.78 meters from the current surface. Due to the fact that the tomb is always filled with water and has not been damaged by theft, the coffin, wooden coffin, and burial objects are well preserved. The picture shows a lacquer ear cup unearthed during this archaeological excavation. The No. 1 Tomb of the Western Han Dynasty at the Guankou Pass, provided by the Chongqing Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, is a significant discovery in the Qin and Han dynasties in the Wujiang River Basin. Huang Wei, Deputy Research Librarian of Chongqing Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and the leader of this archaeological excavation, introduced that Tomb No. 1 of the Western Han Dynasty at Guankou is the most well preserved wooden coffin tomb found in the southwest region, and also the tomb with the most lacquer wood and bamboo artifacts unearthed at once in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. It is also the only "clear water tomb" discovered in Chongqing to date. At present, all the remains inside the coffin have been cleared. The wooden coffin has been fully packed and extracted to the on-site cultural relic protection laboratory for cleaning. Among the more than 600 artifacts unearthed this time, lacquerware mainly consists of ear cups and lacquerware plates, as well as lacquerware tables, lacquerware tables, lacquerware jars, lacquerware jars, lacquerware boxes, lacquerware bowls, lacquerware pots, etc; Wooden artifacts mainly consist of models such as wooden slips, cars, boats, and figurines; Bamboo vessels include bamboo tubes, bamboo sticks, bamboo bows, and bamboo panpipes; Copper artifacts include copper spears, copper tripods, copper washes, copper pots, copper handrails, etc; There are pottery jars, pottery jars, and so on. The picture shows the lacquer wooden wall unearthed during this archaeological excavation. According to Huang Wei from the Chongqing Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, during the excavation work, the unearthed cultural relic "Ganzhi Wooden Slips" was a "national first" major discovery. There are a total of 23 "Ganzhi Wooden Slips", except for one ink book "Today", the remaining 22 are all single character ink books with ten heavenly stems and twelve earthly branches. "This set of dry branch wooden slips is well preserved, with circular perforations on the sides. It is speculated that they should have been connected by ropes. However, since it was discovered for the first time, its use and burial purpose at that time still need to be verified." The picture shows the cultural relic "dry branch wooden slips" unearthed during this archaeological excavation. The reporter from Chongqing Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology learned that in order to strengthen excavation and protection work, Chongqing Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology has established a work team consisting of more than 20 professional and technical personnel, including archaeological excavation, scientific and technological archaeology, cultural relic protection, plant archaeology, animal archaeology, measurement, drawing, photography, etc; In addition, a team of 20 experts has been established, covering archaeology, technology