& shy; A few days ago, an ancient tomb covering an area of more than 10 mu was accidentally discovered on the back Hill of Baolin Temple in Danyang town, Lianjiang county. The reporter learned from Lianjiang County museum yesterday that according to preliminary inference, this is the largest ancient tomb in Lianjiang county so far. At present, Fuzhou archaeological team has entered the investigation. & shy; It is understood that Danyang town is the Millennium ancient town of Lianjiang. According to local residents, this tomb may be the tomb of the imperial concubine in the Tang Dynasty or the Tomb of the Minister of etiquette, or it may be the tomb of Zhu Xi students in the Song Dynasty. & shy; The reporter saw that this ancient tomb almost occupied the whole mountain, which was stepped from bottom to top and divided into three layers. The surrounding slope protection was built with strip marble. After cleaning up the weeds, debris and Earth rocks on the surface, the outline of the whole ancient tomb appears, with a tomb table, a tomb tail, two pedestal of the tablet, some tiles, tomb soil, etc., without tombstones, around the tomb, there are 7 Historical stolen caves. & shy; According to the introduction, the place where the ancient tomb was originally very barren. It was only because Baolin Temple was preparing to plant tea and medicinal materials on this mountain that it was unexpectedly discovered after cutting the grass. Later, Lianjiang county museum requested archaeological investigation and excavation from the province. & shy; “judging from the current situation, this ancient tomb may be from the late Tang Dynasty and early Song Dynasty. Its scale is larger than that of the prime minister’s tomb in Lianjiang county, and it is the largest ancient tomb in the county discovered so far.” Luo Mingyong, deputy curator of Lianjiang County Museum, said that the information of tomb owners, historical period and cultural relics of the ancient tomb need further archaeological confirmation. The county museum has entrusted the city archaeological team to investigate, the next step will be to apply to the province for further exploration. (Reporter Zheng Ruiyang correspondent Wu Qi French/photo)
