TheHanTombsofMawangduiinchangsha
Goodmorning!Ladiesandgentlemen:
TodaywewillgoandvisitTheHanTombsofMawangdui.From1972toearly1974,ChinesearchaeologicalworkersexcavatedthreetombsoftheWesternHanDynastyatMawangduiandachievedtremendousresultswhichattractedattentionathomeandabroad.Themorethan3,000culturalrelicsandawell-preservedfemalecorpseunearthedfromthetombsareofgreatvalueinstudyingthepolitics,economy,military,affairs,culture,scienceandtechnologyoftheearlyWesternHanperiod.
MawangduiislocatedintheeasternoutskirtsofChangsha,aboutfourkilometersfromthecenterofthecity.ForcenturiesitwassaidthatKingMayinofChuoftheFiveDynastiesperiodwasburiedhere
andhencethename“Mawangdui”.Formerlythereweretwoearthenmoundscloselylinkedtogetherintheshapeofahorsesaddle,thusitalsocalled“Mawangdui”.Insomehistoricalumentsitwascalled“Erfeimu”,and“Shuangnvfen”.