A group of ancient tombs from the Han Dynasty were discovered in Mengshan County, Guangxi and 19 precious cultural relics were unearthed

China News Service, Wuzhou, August 22 (Huang Ning, Wei Na, Bai Zhenzhu) Recently, villagers in Huilong Village, Mengshan Town, Mengshan County, Wuzhou City, Guangxi, dug out three cultural relics and discovered ancient tombs during mountain planting operations. After receiving the report, the Mengshan County Culture, Radio, Television, Sports and Tourism Bureau immediately sent personnel to the scene, stopped surrounding operations, set up a warning zone in the core area where cultural relics were unearthed, and cooperated with the public security department to strengthen patrols and install monitoring facilities. At the same time, it reported to the competent authorities of Wuzhou City.

After on-site investigation and comprehensive analysis by archaeological experts from Wuzhou City, it was initially determined that the tomb and the unearthed artifacts belonged to the Han Dynasty. The unearthed Hu figurine seat pottery lamps, grid pattern pottery pots, and string pattern pottery pots are in good preservation conditions and have high research value. In order to ensure the safety of cultural relics and systematically carry out the rescue and protection work of cultural relics, the Wuzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Sports and Tourism requested the Department of Culture and Tourism of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to organize archaeological work.

The Guangxi Institute of Cultural Relics Protection and Archeology and the Mengshan County Cultural Relics Management Office conducted a rescue excavation of the tomb, which took 15 days to complete. A total of 1 tomb from the Han Dynasty was cleared during this excavation, and 19 cultural relics including copper pots, copper kettles, five-baht coins, and pottery figurines were unearthed, providing precious physical information for the study of the history and culture of the Lingnan region.

Follow-up work will focus on the detailed restoration of this batch of cultural relics and academic research on tomb forms, with a view to further deepening the understanding of the funeral customs of the Han Dynasty in the Lingnan area.