Among the three Han tombs, the second tomb belongs to Hou Licang, the prime minister of Changsha in the early Han Dynasty, the first tomb is the wife of Li Cang, and the third tomb is the son of Li Cang. The burial dates of the owners of the three Han tombs in Mawangdui are different. Hou Licang, the owner of Tomb No.2, was buried in the second year (BC 186), and the son of Li Cang, the owner of Tomb No.3, was buried in the twelfth year before Emperor Wen of the Western Han Dynasty (BC 168). The wife of Li Cang, the owner of Tomb No.1, may be buried later.
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The ancient body of Mawangdui Han Tomb is known as the "Sleeping Beauty of the East". She has provided an unparalleled model for world medicine and made great cultural contributions, which could not be studied in several lifetimes. 1972 There is a mound near Wulipi in the eastern suburb of Changsha, which is said to be the graveyard of Ma Yin, the king of Chu in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, so it is called "Mawangdui". There are two mounds with the same area, and the top is round. According to legend, the King of Changsha buried his mother, Tang (biological mother) and Cheng, so it was called "double female tomb".
The tomb shape and coffin structure of Mawangdui Han Tomb show the wisdom of the ancient working people in China. It turns out that Mawangdui is very high in terrain. When the tomb was built, the lower part of the tomb pit was dug out on the mountain. The bottom of the tomb is 7.6 meters long and 6.7 meters wide, and there are two floors below.
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