In 1987, the Nanyang Institute of Cultural Heritage Protection excavated 43 ancient tombs at Fanji. Among them, Tomb M37 is a rectangular brick chamber tomb, relatively well-preserved. It yielded five portrait bricks and a large quantity of pottery, with the portrait bricks depicting scenes such as the Hu-Han War, Queen Mother of the West, horse-drawn carriages, and camels, which are particularly significant. This discovery, the first of its kind in the Nanyang region, holds important reference value for studying the social life and historical culture of the time, thus attracting considerable attention from the academic community.
Fanji kilnHu-Han Warportrait brick depicting "the killing of three warriors by two peaches"Pottery tower