Family tombs of the Song Dynasty
Location:Yuzhou,HenanProvince
Period: 11th century AD
Excavated in 1951
Significance: It has provided important materials for the study of a special type of tombs in the Song Dynasty (960-1279), which was built with carved bricks and decorated with murals, intending to imitate wooden buildings.
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| Mural of a couple sitting together, on the west wall of the front chamber of tomb No. 1: (bottom) |
Introduction
Tombs at Baisha are three kindred graves of the late Song Dynasty. The master of the main bomb was called Zhao Daweng, and the other two tombs were for Zhao's family members. Zhao Daweng's Tomb was built of bricks, but its pattern was more like wooden structures. In front of the tomb is an arch over the gateway, inside the tomb are poles and wood brackets (dou gong), and on the inside walls of the tomb are abundant colorful murals -- all these are typical patterns for wooden structures. There are few funerary objects.
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