The staff of the cultural relics department is measuring the observance monument.
Photo by Shao Dechu
China News Service, Jiangxi Dexing, May 11 (Wang Chengqian Shao Dechu) A few days ago, at the construction site of the Hexi Drainage and Irrigation Station in Dexing City, Jiangxi, an excavator dug a suspected ancient tomb about 4 meters above the surface.
After the construction staff felt something abnormal, they stopped the construction and reported it to the local cultural relics department in time.
After receiving the report, the staff of Dexing City Museum rushed to the scene and surveyed the burial site.
After investigation, it was found that the tomb had been robbed and excavated in the early years, but its tombstone was intact.
After the tombstone was lifted to the ground, according to the identification of cultural relic experts, the monument was a festival monument erected in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, with a history of more than 400 years.
The stele is made of bluestone, 76 cm high, 91 cm wide, and 5 cm thick.
On the front of the stele are engraved twelve big characters: "Fang Kui of the Ming Dynasty, his wife Zhang's man, and the tomb of the available tomb". " lettering.
In this regard, the staff of the Dexing City Museum said that the observance monument is a product of feudal ethics, mostly for the royal family or clansmen to commend and praise women for their loyalty to their husbands after the death of their husbands, abide by chastity, and stay widowed until death without remarrying.
The Shoujie Stele was unearthed for the first time in the local area, which has a certain reference value for the study of the feudal etiquette system in Dexing and even northeastern Jiangxi.
At present, the monument has been recovered and preserved by the Dexing City Museum.
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