| Guishan Han Tomb
¡¡¡¡Guishan Han Tomb is the tomb for Liu Zhu and his wife, the sixth Prince and Princess of Chu State. It is 83 meters long and 33 meters wide, covering an area of more than 700 square meters, and consists of 15 tomb chambers. Everything needed in daily life is found in the bedroom, dinning room, stable and kitchen which can still be seen in what is essentially a splendid under ground palace.
¡¡¡¡The construction of the tomb is a matter of wonder since the tomb was dug from two opposite directions and joined inside the middle of the hill. It is hard to understand how the builders at that time calculated so precisely (with the maximum deviation of 5 millimeters) without any modern equipment. Every passage of the tomb is blocked up by 26 blocks of stone, each of which is as heavy as 6 or 7 tons. Such a carefully dug and polished gigantic tomb project is a superb piece of art and a tribute to ancient Chinese craftsmen.
Lion Hill Tomb
¡¡¡¡Lion Hill Tomb is for Liu Wu, the third Prince of Chu who live d in the early Western Han Dynasty. The construction of the tomb was such a great project that 5100 cubic meters of stone were dug out to create this queerly structured gigantic tomb. It is grand and stately with big chambers which contained 2000 pieces of the precious cultural relics made of gold, silver, jade ,bronze, iron, stone and l acquer. The terracotta warriors and horses discovered 300 meters away to the west represent the army forces protecting the tomb. The excavation of the tomb was listed as one of china's top-ten archaeological discoveries in 1995 and has been highly praised for its grand and extensive Han characteristics.
Beidong Hill Tomb ¡¡¡¡Beidong Hill Tomb lies in a village, 10 kilometers north from Xuzhou. It is built out of the stones at the foot of a hill. The tomb passage is 60 meters long w ith 26 main and side chambers, including bedrooms, sitting rooms, dinning rooms, bathroom, barn, kitchen, toilet and even a well. The tomb covers an area of over 500 square meters, with the largest chamber of 46.5 square meters. The tomb appears to be a magnificent palace with all the walls, the ceilings, the floors and the corridors painted with preservative moisture-proof cinnabar powder, which was rarely used in underground buildings 2000 years ago. |