WWW久久国产AVJUST麻豆_福利无码电影在线看_亚洲AⅤ无码成人网站国产_国产亚洲欧美日韩综合在线_国产亚洲精??在线观看不卡

Centuries-old painted lacquer coffin unearthed in China

Source: Xinhua| 2019-03-11 21:22:51|Editor: ZX
Video PlayerClose

GUIYANG, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Archaeologists have excavated a lacquer coffin with colored paintings in southwest China's Guizhou Province, which is the best-ever preserved from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

The coffin was found in one of the three Ming tombs by the Feilian Lake in Weng'an County. According to experts with the provincial cultural relics and archeology research institute, the tomb was built in 1581, the ruling period of Emperor Wanli.

It bears exquisite designs of the "Four Mythical Creatures" in ancient China -- the Azure Dragon, the White Tiger, the Vermillion Bird and the Black Turtle. Other paintings include phoenixes, bonsai and red-crowned cranes.

All three tombs are likely to belong to the same family, experts said.

Gold and silver hairpins, gold earrings and silver bracelets were found in the tomb, together with teeth and bone fragments.

The findings will provide rich evidence for future research on the burial customs and the funeral system of the Ming Dynasty, archaeologists said.

TOP STORIES
EDITOR’S CHOICE
MOST VIEWED
EXPLORE XINHUANET
010020070750000000000000011100001378866511