Archaeological Excavation of Shuangdun Cemetery in Lu 'an, Anhui Province

The enclosure of the tomb is 1 1, and the base is about 60 meters in diameter. The plane of the tomb is in the shape of Chinese characters, which runs from east to west. It consists of front and back tombs and tombs, with a total length of 48 meters. The pyramid-shaped mound is inclined, and the front pyramid-shaped mound is 22 meters long and 7 meters wide. The back tomb is 9 meters long and 4.5 meters wide; Tomb length 17, width 12 m, and depth from mouth to bottom11m. The tomb is a well-preserved wooden tomb with a "yellow intestine puzzle", a "puzzle" on the south, north and west sides, and a door on the east facing the tomb. The length, width and height of the puzzle are 9. 1, 7, and 3.5m respectively (with a four-story cover and a clearance height of 2.5m), and there are 1 wooden coffins and sarcophagus in it, and the length of wooden coffins is 4, 3, and 2.55m respectively. There is a coffin of Shuang Mu in the sarcophagus, but its size is unknown because it has not been excavated. There is a week-long storage room outside the topic, built with square wood. Room width1.6m and height1.2m.. It is well preserved and contains many funerary objects.

The No.1 Han Tomb in Shuangdun was stolen in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and the grave robbers entered the coffin in the main room. The sarcophagus and wooden coffin were damaged to a certain extent, and the indoor funerary objects were robbed (lacquered wood). Judging from the stolen cave and some relics that have been cleaned in the coffin, there are lacquer wood fragments, five baht, jade, gold foil and so on. The Tibetan room is well preserved and contains many funerary objects. Only in the back room, 20 bronze cans, copper shafts, wooden horses and wooden figures were found.

According to documents, Lu 'an was a fief of Lu 'an in the Western Han Dynasty, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne for three years (BC 120, note: the first history book of Lu 'an has different records, Historical Records ascended the throne for three years, and Hanshu ascended the throne for three years. ) Jiaodongkang was named King of Lu 'an (* * *), and lived with Ding, Guang and Guang for five generations, but Wang Mang didn't.

Judging from the shape of the tomb, the enclosure is huge, and the tomb is a "yellow intestine puzzle" structure, which belongs to the unique burial system of the Western Han Dynasty princes' tombs. At present, such tombs have only been found in Beijing, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, Changsha, Hunan and other places, all of which are the tombs of princes or queens, but it is the first time to find them in our province, which shows that the tomb owners are of high level and belong to the first-class figures of princes at that time. Secondly, the cultural relics unearthed in this tomb are very beautiful. Mainly jade, lacquerware, wood products, bronzes and so on. Many lacquered wood products have bird and beast patterns with gold or silver foil, and some are inlaid with silver buckles and jade. Some copper pots are wrong with gold and silver These cultural relics are exquisite, exquisite and gorgeous, belonging to luxury goods, and can also be used by non-royalty. Thirdly, some unearthed cultural relics have found written records related to Lu 'an State or King Lu 'an. For example, the words "Liu 'an Gongcheng" were printed on three pieces of pottery clay, and the inscriptions "* * * Fu No.6", * * * Fu No.9 "and * * * Fu 10" were found on three pieces of copper pots respectively. Fourth, there are "five baht" coins unearthed in the tomb, and the tomb era is after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sealed Lu 'an. Fifth, the tombs and structures of "Huang Chang Ming" are well preserved, which is rare in China. According to the comprehensive analysis of landscape, laws and regulations, unearthed cultural relics and related documents, it is speculated that it is most likely the tomb of King Lu An or a senior official, which is of great scientific, historical and artistic value to the study of politics, economy, culture, technology and burial system in Han Dynasty.