To tell the truth, today's ancient tombs are the burial places of predecessors after their death. In the past, people would put some funerary objects in their graves after death. These funerary objects were some basic objects at that time. Through the discovery and excavation of ancient tombs and unearthed cultural relics, people can better understand the story of the tomb owner and the development of the times, and understand the civilization and customs of the tomb owner at that time. Bridging some cultural and historical gaps will help us understand our excellent traditional culture.

Pingyao Ancient City is located in Pingyao County, Shanxi Province. It was built in the period of West Zhou Xuanwang, and is called. The four best preserved ancient cities? It is also one of the only two ancient cities in China that have successfully declared the world cultural heritage with the whole ancient city. In 2009, Pingyao Ancient City was rated as the most complete ancient county seat in China by world record association. Luoyi was the capital of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770-256 BC), and there were 25 kings in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, which lasted 5 15 years. The first half of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was a turbulent and chaotic era in which feudal lords competed for hegemony, so it was called the Spring and Autumn Period. The Eastern Zhou Dynasty is an important period of social system transformation in China, marked by the extensive use of ironware.

165438+1On October 23rd, Shanxi archaeologists discovered a number of ancient tombs of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty outside the ancient city wall of Pingyao. The tombs of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty were all destroyed by grave robbers, leaving only the tombs at the bottom. The tomb structure is a rectangular vertical hole pit tomb. A total of 65,438+00 pieces of cultural relics were unearthed from the tomb, including Sanhuanglian, Jade, Shi Gui and Ding Tao. The Eastern Zhou Tomb is an underground cultural relic excavated earlier near Pingyao ancient city. It provides an important basis for the empirical study of Pingyao's history in 2000.

Every time an ancient tomb is discovered, it is an exciting process for archaeologists. Because through the excavation of ancient tombs and some buried cultural relics, we can learn more about the local economic situation and customs at that time, which is an important reference for studying local history. Due to some historical factors such as the war, some historical materials are incomplete, and the unearthed cultural relics can directly prove the history at that time.