CNTV reports on the discovery of Yuan Dynasty artwork – a trove of murals from the time when the Khans ruled:
The tomb was discovered last year when a heavy downpour washed away the top stone. After excavation work by archaeologists, the remarkable appearance of the murals are now revealed for the public’s pleasure.
The tomb is located along a mountain slope in Luo Ge Tai village of Hengshan County. It is composed of a pathway with a dome-shaped chamber. Pictures are painted on the walls of the chamber. A mural depicts the tomb-owner seated with his five wives, the background being a check-patterned screen. Their outfits and the vessels on the table in front of them shed light on the ethnicity of the tomb-owner.
“He is most likely a Mongolian, but from their clothes, furniture, and all the things painted on the mural, we can still see the influences of the Han culture. So the tomb-owner might also be Han, but wearing Mongolian clothes,” excavation team leader Miao Yifei said.
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“The murals are both beautifully painted and in very good condition, just thinking that they’ve been there for some 700 years,” Miao said.
[via Archaeological News]