Investigation report on mound tomb in Guanjiu village, Pucheng, Fujian Province

Bronzes unearthed from the mound tomb in Guanjiu village, Pucheng

From June 5th to1October 3rd, 2007, the archaeologists of Fujian Minyue Wangcheng Museum discovered the bronzes in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period during the archaeological excavation of the mound tomb in Guanjiu Village, Xianyang Town, Pucheng County, which was the first discovery in Fujian Province and had high research value.

A bronze sword, a bronze arrow, a bronze spear and a three-thin hanging pattern jar with open shoulders and overlapping shoulders were unearthed from Tomb No.1 in Guanjiu Village. According to archaeologists, this bronze sword is 35 cm long. Compared with a spear unearthed, the craft and material of bronze sword are superior to that of spear. When unearthed, the spear had been corroded and rusted, but the bronze sword was intact, and the lines on the sword were still clear. According to the unearthed pottery and bronzes, archaeologists speculate that the ages of Tomb No.1 and Tomb No.2 are in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period from 2400 to 3000 years ago. These bronzes were discovered for the first time in the archaeological history of Fujian province, and their excavation is of great value to the study of the whole history of Pucheng.

Yang Cong, vice president of the Provincial Museum, director and researcher of Wangcheng Museum in Fujian, said that there was no information about mound tombs in Fujian, and the bronze wares found in Pucheng filled this gap, which meant that the mound tombs in the south of the Yangtze River continued to Pucheng. Now it is considered that the mound tomb belongs to Wu and Yue culture and only exists within the scope of Wu and Yue culture. It is the predecessor of Wuyue culture and is still under study. In Fujian, the typesetting of this period has not yet come out, and the sequence will be established based on the mound tomb in the future.

Tomb No.1 and Tomb No.2 excavated at present are only two of the mound tombs, and archaeologists will also conduct archaeological excavations on the whole mound tomb.

Mound Tomb in Pucheng, Fujian Province: Reproducing the Unique Bronze Culture in Southeast China

The Archaeological Forum of China Academy of Social Sciences rated "Six New Archaeological Discoveries in China in 2006", and the mound tomb of Zhou Dynasty in Guanjiu Village, Pucheng County, Fujian Province was among them. According to Yang Cong, director of Fujian Provincial Museum, more than 200 funerary objects were unearthed from mound tombs, including more than 40 bronzes, more than 60 primitive porcelain and printed hard pottery/kloc-0, and various bronzes were unearthed, which reproduced the unique bronze culture in southeast China.

Yang Cong said that bronzes include daggers, daggers, spears, scrapers, daggers, spears and arrows, as well as exquisite containers such as statues, plates and cups. Among them, five daggers with "ears" have typical Yue style. This proves that there was a unique bronze culture in the southeast of China at that time.

From June 5th to February 6th, 2006, Fujian Provincial Museum and Fujian Minyue Wangcheng Museum jointly formed an archaeological team to excavate the mound tombs in Guanjiu Village, Pucheng, Nanping, and cleared up more than 30 mound tombs. This is the first discovery of mound tombs in Fujian. It is preliminarily judged that these mound tombs date from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period, 2500-3000 years ago.

Yang Cong said that more than 30 mound tombs are mainly distributed on the hillside of Guanjiu Village. The surface of most earth mounds is obviously convex, and the plane shape is oval, rounded square or round. The existing height is generally about 2 meters and the height is more than 3 meters. The earth seal of the mound is basically built by borrowing soil nearby, and there is no obvious sign of compaction. Each mound tomb has funerary objects, more than 20 pieces and several pieces, and more than 230 pieces of various utensils have been unearthed. The human bones and burial utensils in the tombs have all rotted, but there are traces of charred charcoal in some tombs. It is speculated that there may be wooden coffins in tombs, and some tombs have also found columns and niches.

Re-understanding of the mound tomb of Zhou Dynasty in Guanjiu Village, Pucheng County, Fujian Province

"Mound Tomb of Zhou Dynasty in Guanjiu Village, Pucheng County, Fujian Province" was selected as the candidate project of "Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries in China in 2006". Previously, this discovery has been selected as "Six New Archaeological Discoveries in China in 2006" by the Archaeological Forum of China Academy of Social Sciences. It is reported that since 1990, National Cultural Heritage Administration has rated ten new archaeological discoveries in China every year. The Wanshouyan Paleolithic Site in Sanming and the Shang Dynasty Kiln Group in Maoernongshan in Pucheng were selected as the top ten archaeological discoveries in 2000 and 2005 respectively.

From April 6 to 8, 2007, the leaders of 24 shortlisted projects, including the above mound tombs, will go to Beijing to give academic reports to the judges and the public.

At present, there are more than 30 mound tombs in Guanjiu Village, Pucheng, Nanping. According to the preliminary judgment, these mound tombs date from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period, more than 2,500 to 3,000 years ago.