| Tomb of Yu Hong | |
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 The rear of the marble sarcophagus of Yu Hong, in Shanxi Museum. The sarcophagus was originally covered with a hip-gable roof.[1] | |
| Created | 6th century CE |
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The Tomb of Yu Hong (Chinese: 虞弘墓; pinyin: Yú Hóng Mù; Wade–Giles: Yü2-Hung2-Mu4) is the grave of Yu Hong and his wife, dating back to 592 AD (Sui dynasty). The tomb was discovered by some locals in 1999 in Wangguo village in Jinyuan district of the city of Taiyuan, it was subsequently excavated officially in July of the same year. This tomb is so far the only archaeological find in the Central Plains region that reflects Central Asian (Western Regions) culture.[2]
- ^ Shanxi, Provincial Institute of Archeology. "The Yu Hong's Tomb of the Sui Dynasty in Taiyuan" (PDF). Chinese Archeology (中国考古). 2: 258.
- ^ "The Yu Hong Tomb of the Sui in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province". china.org.cn. 1999. Retrieved 18 July 2018.