"Forum of Xuzhou Museum" Phase 11:"Tracing the Yang Mausoleum and Taking You into the Spiritual World of Emperor Jing of Han"

Introduction:

      The Yang Mausoleum of Emperor Jing

      Yang Mausoleum is the cemetery where Liu Qi, the fourth emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, and Empress Wang were buried together, spanning Weicheng District, Xianyang City, Shaanxi province, Jingyang County, and Gaoling District, Xi'an City. The mausoleum is made up of five parts and is about 7 kilometers long from east to west, and 1 to 2 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of about 14 square kilometers.

      Yang Mausoleum not only inherited the emperor's tomb system in the early Western Han Dynasty, but also developed an innovative way. The layout of the entire mausoleum are rigorous, showing the royal consciousness and strict concept of hierarchy.

      Yang Mausoleum was built by the power of the whole empire during the period of Emperors Jing and Wu for nearly 30 years. The area of the mausoleum is vast and in order and the number of underground relics is huge. That is of great value for research of politics, economy, military, and social life of the early Western Han Dynasty.

      In 1963, Yang Mausoleum was announced as the first batch of key cultural relics protection units in Shaanxi Province. In 2001, it was announced as the fifth batch of national key cultural relic protection units. In 2010, it was announced as the first batch of national archeological site parks. Today, Yang Mausoleum Museum was established with unique unearthed cultural relics as exhibits. People can enjoy the style of the Royal Cemetery 2000 years ago.
      Speaker profile:

      Yang Wuzhan, associate researcher of Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology.

      The main research direction is Qin and Han archeology. Since 2006, he has participated in the archeological work of the Western Han Emperor's Mausoleum, a national major site protection project. The project was selected into the "Top Ten New Archaeological Discoveries of China in 2009" and won the first prize of the 2009-2010 "Field Archaeology Award" of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage.

He has Co-published a report and published over 30 papers.