Cemetery university
On May 3 1 day, some netizens filmed a video and posted it online, showing that an ancient tomb was found in a construction site in Tsinghua University. Subsequently, some media obtained confirmation from Tsinghua University authorities. Recently, Tsinghua University discovered the ancient tomb while building a new civil engineering building. Click on the video to see the excavation site. According to the school of Tsinghua, from April 2, 20 19 to April 4, 20 19, the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics organized the Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics to conduct archaeological exploration in the occupied area of Tsinghua University New Citizen Museum, and found 95 ancient tombs. On May 27th, the Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics began archaeological excavation of the ancient tombs discovered in the previous exploration. At present, 0/6 tombs/kloc-have been excavated, which are preliminarily judged as civilian tombs in Ming and Qing Dynasties. As no tombs have been found, the specific archaeological value has yet to be confirmed. According to the on-site staff, in addition to the bones, there are items such as copper coins. The Department of Infrastructure Planning of Tsinghua University said that the specific details should be released in a unified way. According to historical records, there were a large number of eunuch cemeteries in Zhongguancun, including Tsinghua, during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. At this point, Tsinghua University officially became a new member of "Ancient Tombs School in Colleges and Universities". Besides Tsinghua, which universities are members of this organization? The following are introduced one by one. Click on the video to see what "ancient tomb colleges" there are in China. First, Sun Yat-sen University discovered prehistoric stone tools as early as the 1950s, and a large number of Han tombs were discovered in the 1960s. Then, in 2004, Guangzhou University excavated the tomb of Ada, the founding emperor of the Southern Han Dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. 1999, Nanke University excavated 8/kloc-0 Shang tombs and 6 Warring States tombs. Beijing Normal University 1954 found 74 main tombs/KLOC-0, and 284 ownerless tombs. 1972, Nanjing University discovered the Eastern Jin Imperial Tomb, and the identity of the tomb owner is still under study. Nanjing Forestry University discovered the tombs of the Six Dynasties, the Song Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. 200 1, Xi University of Posts and Telecommunications found more than 600 ancient tombs in the Warring States, Qin and Han Dynasties, of which more than 80% were Qin tombs. In 2004, Xi University of Finance and Economics excavated the tomb of Qin Shihuang's grandmother Jixia in the new campus. Northwest university of politics and law discovered Zhang Tang's tomb of Tingwei of the Western Han Dynasty in northwest university of politics and law in 2002. 20 16 Shaanxi normal university excavated the tombs of Jia Dan and Li, prime ministers of the Tang dynasty. 200 1, Xi University of Technology excavated the tomb of Princess Li Shu in Tang Dynasty.