Mawangdui

Mawangdui (simplified Chinese: 马王堆; traditional Chinese: 馬王堆; pinyin: Mǎwángduī; lit. 'King Ma's Mound') is an archaeological site located in Changsha, China. The site consists of two saddle-shaped hills and contained the tombs of three people from the Changsha Kingdom during the western Han dynasty (206 BC – 9 AD): the Chancellor Li Cang, his wife Xin Zhui, and a male believed to have been their son.^[1] The site was excavated from 1972 to 1974. Most of the artifacts from Mawangdui are displayed at the Hunan Provincial Museum.^[2] It was called "King Ma's Mound" possibly because it was (erroneously) thought to be the tomb of Ma Yin (853–930), a ruler of the Chu kingdom during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. The original name might have been the similarly-sounding "saddle-shaped mound" (馬鞍堆; mǎ ān duī).^[3]

^ Silbergeld, Jerome (1982). "Mawangdui, Excavated Materials, and Transmitted Texts: A Cautionary Note". Early China. 8: 79–92. ISSN 0362-5028.
^ Eti Bonn-Muller (April 10, 2009). "China's Sleeping Beauty". Archeology:A publication of the Archaeological Institute of America.
^ 陈建明,《马王堆汉墓研究》, 前言. 2013年, 岳麓书社.

[:0-1] Silbergeld, Jerome (1982). "Mawangdui, Excavated Materials, and Transmitted Texts: A Cautionary Note". Early China. 8: 79–92. ISSN 0362-5028.

[2] Eti Bonn-Muller (April 10, 2009). "China's Sleeping Beauty". Archeology:A publication of the Archaeological Institute of America.

[3] 陈建明,《马王堆汉墓研究》, 前言. 2013年, 岳麓书社.

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