Yin Zhongrong Couple’s tomb was found and excavated at Guodu township,Chang’an district,the southern suburban of Xi’an city,in August,2004.It was consisted of a tomb passage,two arched passages,rectangular light wells,four little niches,an underground passage and tomb chamber.55 items were discovered in this tomb,including pottery figurines of human and animals,a stone coffin,two pieces of stone epitaphs,eet.The owners of the tomb were buried in 703 A.D.Although the buried articles of this tomb were not abundant,they had the typical characteristic of that time.Mr.Yin Zhongrong(633～703),one of the owners of this tomb,whose highest official rank was the forth class,was the famous calligraphist at the Early period of Tang dynasty.His calligraphy was kept in the of ZhaoLing Mausoleum,Emperor Tang Tai Zong’s tomb.His father—in—law was Mr.Yan Shigu(颜师古),the well—known writer or in Tang dynasty.Both Yin’s and Yan’s were very important families in literature and art from Northern dynasties to Tang.
Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology Lu Sili and his wife’s tomb was excavated at Yangcun village,Guodu township,Chang’an district,Xi’an city,in March,2003.It was consisted of a tomb passage,an arched passage,a light well,an underground passage and a tomb chamber.67 itemb of well-preserved potteries,porcelains and jades were discovered in the tomb chamber,including the pottery figurines of human and animals,the porcelain jars and light,and the stone epitaph.The owners of this tomb were Lu Sili and his wife Xin.They lived and died in West Wei dynasty ,but were buried in Sui dynasty.Lu was Qibing Shangshu(七兵尚书)of West Wei,which a kind of military officer,the third class.He was died at his age of 38,in 538A.D.;the second year,his wife was died at her age of 24.They were buried together in 592 A.D.Xi’an was used to be the capital of Sui dynaety,but there are no more than thirty Sui tombs have been found in Xi’an by now.Excavation of this tomb provided new data for the research of the burial institution,art and social life of Sui dynasty.
Generally Tri-Coloure wares are unearthed from big tomb of Tang,but fro m a small tomb (coded No.2)at the Heat and Power Plant in western suburb of Xi’a n,18 tri-coloures are dug out.Within those,4 jars’ coloures are different.And within a so called Qixing (7 stars)basin, small wares are found.These tri-col oures are masterworks of Shengtang (Prsperours time of Tang),and vabubl e to artistic enjoyinent.This finding also enriches our knowlege on the content of buried materials in small tombs of Tang.
