On the afternoon of December 25, the expert demonstration meeting on the successful archaeological excavation of the Zhangshu Guozishan tomb in Jiangxi was held.

Experts have argued that the Guozishan tomb is the largest Eastern Zhou burial discovered by archaeological discoveries in Jiangxi so far. The owner of the tomb has a high status and is presumed to be a nobleman of the Vietnamese royal family.

　　Archaeologists earlier discovered a high-grade tomb from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in Zhangshu, Jiangxi. The excavation of this tomb has been going on for more than four years and more than 2,000 sets of artifacts have been unearthed, including the longest unearthed zheng and two pieces so far. Bronze Ge (halberd) with the inscription "Yue Wang".

　　The Guozishan Tomb is located on the top of a hill about 300 meters west of the site of the Great Wall of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, a large city site.

Since 2017, the Guozishan Archaeological Team composed of the Jiangxi Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Zhangshu City Museum has carried out excavation and research work on the tombs of Guozishan and surrounding areas.

　　Although the tomb has been robbed in the early stage, there are still more than 2,600 sets of artifacts.

The types of unearthed artifacts are mainly lacquered woodware, in addition to metalware, ceramics, and jadeware.

From the perspective of utensils, it includes various categories such as ritual utensils, musical instruments, weapons, carts and horses, and daily utensils.

The unearthed kite is very well preserved, with a towering tail and a total length of 2.3 meters, which is the longest unearthed one so far.

In the tomb, there is also a bronze dove-stick human-shaped upset and two "Yue Wang" inscriptions (halberds).

　　The archaeological team preliminarily determined that the tombs were in the middle of the Warring States period.

Tombs reflect the characteristics of the coexistence of multiple cultural factors, with prominent Yue cultural factors, as well as considerable Chu culture and Qunshu cultural factors.

Based on various factors, it is currently speculated that the owner of the tomb should be a noble of the Vietnamese royal family.

(Reporter Huashan Liu Zhankun video source Jiangxi Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology)

Editor in charge: [Song Fangcan]