▲ Tang Dynasty palace tomb burial beads. On the 26th, a reporter from the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology learned from the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology that from 2021 to 2022, archaeologists have successively excavated more than 1200 tombs from the Wei and Jin dynasties to the Ming and Qing dynasties in Sanmin Village, Zaoyuan Street, Lianhu District, the western suburbs of Xi'an, Chenjiazhai, and Hejia Village, Sanqiao Street, Fengdong New Town, etc The evolution sequence of tombs from the Song and Jin dynasties to the Ming and Qing dynasties, especially the Sui and Tang dynasties, has made a series of important new discoveries and understandings in tomb archaeology. A combination of musical figurines unearthed from the Chenjiazhai Cemetery. According to the picture provided by the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology, the Chenjiazhai Cemetery has cleared 581 small and medium-sized tombs of the Northern Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties, and 2 tombs of the Jin Dynasty in two years. There are about 1500 sets of cultural relics unearthed. These tombs span the nearly 500 year historical period of the Northern Dynasties, Sui and Tang dynasties, and are currently the largest number of small and medium-sized tombs excavated in the Guanzhong region during this period. They are an important example of exploring the relationship between the burial and residence of residents in Chang'an City since the Northern Dynasties, Sui and Tang dynasties. The discovery of a group of small tombs in the Sui Dynasty is particularly important. Previously, the academic community had limited research on the burial customs and spatial distribution of small tombs in the Sui Dynasty. This discovery can fill the gap in understanding and provide important information for clarifying the evolution laws and burial customs of small and medium-sized tombs during the Sui and Tang dynasties. The Heavenly King Terracotta was unearthed from the Tang Tomb in the Sanmin Cemetery. More than 280 medium-sized and small tombs from the Western Jin Dynasty to the Sui and Tang Dynasties were excavated in the Sanmin Cemetery provided by the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology, of which the Tang Dynasty palace cemetery was an important archaeological harvest. The cemetery is located in the western part of the excavation area, with Zhaogou as the boundary on the east side, separated from the tombs of the same period. The tombs in Zhaogou are arranged in an orderly manner, with the central part destroyed by modern pits and the northern part best preserved. There are a total of 57 palace tombs, which can be divided into 9 rows, and there is no broken relationship between each tomb. The tombs are all linear soil cave tombs, mainly composed of tomb passages and chambers. The tomb passage has a sloping bottom, and the tomb chamber space is narrow and low, only accommodating coffins. The tombs are all single person burials, with the tomb owner lying upright with his head facing south. The burial objects are mainly pottery jars and kettles, and some tombs contain female dressing items such as shells, bronze mirrors, jade jewelry, and Dai boards. According to the analysis of the tomb shape and burial objects, the burial period should belong to the early Tang Dynasty. After identification, 20 tombs with well preserved human bones were all owned by young women aged 20 to 30. This batch of tombs have the same shape and customs, arranged in an orderly manner, and clearly have undergone rigorous planning. The Tang Dynasty palace tombs were accompanied by shells. According to the pictures provided by the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology and the epitaphs of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Gaozong and Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty found in the southwest of this place, the tomb found this time should be the tomb of the early Tang Dynasty palace people. The excavation of this cemetery revealed for the first time the Dongzhaogou tomb of Tang Dynasty palace officials, clarifying the arrangement of tombs and further determining the distribution range and burial sequence of palace officials' cemeteries. A combination of M11 artifacts from Tang Dynasty palace tombs. The excavation of four tombs of court attendants in the Tang Dynasty in the east of the tomb of the palace man who provided pictures by the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology shows that this place is also the burial place of the eunuchs in the Tang Dynasty, and mainly eunuchs before the Kaiyuan era lived in the northwest side of Chang'an City. In the late period, as the political center moved to the Daming Palace, more eunuchs chose to live in Li Daming
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