乐生活Chengdu Qianshu Yongling (2) Shooting on December 2018
In the autumn of 1940 during the Anti-Japanese War, an air-raid shelter was dug under the "Qintai" site in Wulipu, the western suburb of Chengdu, and a brick wall was found more than four meters deep. Feng Hanji, an archaeologist, was identified as a tomb through on-site investigation. But at that time, unable to excavate, the cave was filled back and closed. In 1941, the Sichuan Museum was established in Xipu Town, Pixian County. Feng Hanji was the curator. In September 1942, the archaeological team of the Sichuan Museum was established and began to excavate the tomb. With the traditional "cut-in" method, a door was opened in the middle of the north wall of the tomb and entered the back room of the underground palace. According to unearthed Jibao and Jade Book, it is determined that the tomb is the Yongling Tomb built by the former King of Shu. This is the first archaeological excavation of the emperor’s mausoleum after the Qin Dynasty, and its archaeological report has become one of the later models.
