This tomb is located approximately 500 meters south of the intersection of Wenming Avenue and Gangyi Road in Sigou Village,Long'an District,Anyang City,Henan Province.It is a brick-made tomb with a single chamber,consisting of a tomb passage,tomb gate,corridor,and burial chamber.Outside the tomb gate,there is a brick-made gate tower imitating wooden structure.In the middle of the corridor,there is a stone door composed of a door anvil,threshold,door frame,door panel,and lintel.The door panel is engraved with two divine kings,and the lintel features large-scale animal face patterns and dragon patterns,exhibiting Buddhist artistic style.Excavations in the tomb have yielded a tomb epitaph and a collection of celadon ceramics.The tomb occupants are the MENG Da couple.MENG Da passed away in the fourth year of Tianbao in the Northern Qi Dynasty(553 AD)and was buried in the twelfth year of Kaihuang in the Sui Dynasty(592 AD).His wife was buried in the fourth year of Renshou(604 AD).Through observation and analysis,the characteristics of this collection of celadon ceramics align with those of the Anyang Xiangzhou kiln ceramics.This large-scale tomb with dates provides new evidence for studying the distribution of tombs from the late Northern Dynasties to the Sui Dynasty in Anyang,as well as the religious beliefs,social politics,and the development of Xiangzhou kiln ceramics.
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