Basic introduction to Han Yangling Mausoleum

Hanyang Mausoleum is a famous tourist destination for the archaeological remains in Xi'an.

Yangling is a cemetery where Emperor Liu Qi of the Han Dynasty and his queen Wang were buried together in different caves. It is located on the Xianyang Plain to the north of Zhangjiawan and Hougou Village, Zhengyang Town, Weicheng District, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province today. It spans three counties and districts of Weicheng District, Jingyang County and Gaoling County of Xianyang City.

The tombs of Emperor Yangling and Hou are both in the shape of "Ya", with the west facing east. This is the first time in the archeology of the Eleven Tombs of the Western Han Dynasty that it has been discovered. This discovery basically solves the long-standing debate in academic circles about whether the Han tombs faced the south or the east. It denies the argument that the imperial tombs of the Han Dynasty were laid out according to the Zhaomu system, and solves a major problem in the study of the imperial tomb system of the Han Dynasty.

The South Gate of the Imperial Mausoleum is the oldest, highest-level, largest, and best-preserved Sanchuque site that has been excavated so far. Its excavation has shed light on the origin and development of the Gate and the evolution of the Gate system. It plays an important role in the formation, influence, and research of ancient Chinese architectural history. In addition, the earliest brick Go board discovered so far, a ceramic ridge beast, and the largest slab tile were also unearthed from the Nanquemen site.

The burial tomb area starts about 1,100 meters east of the imperial mausoleum in the west and ends at the plateau of Mijiaya Village, Majiawan Township in the east. It is 2,350 meters long and covers an area of ??about 3.5 square kilometers. The entire cemetery area was divided into several squares by trenches and became cemeteries. These cemeteries were arranged in rows from east to west and columns from north to south, forming a chessboard shape. The burial cemeteries discovered this time are numerous, with complete ditches, regular layout, and orderly arrangement. They are obviously carefully designed and arranged. This discovery is the first of its kind in the archaeological research on the eleven imperial tombs of the Western Han Dynasty and has important research value.